| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Leontopodium brachyactis Gand. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 420 (1900) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2200-4800m |
| Description | basal leaves spathulate, obtuse, stem leaves lanceolate, obtuse, shortly mucronate, capitula 3-5, loosely arranged, bracts similar to stem leaves, forming distinct star |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Leontopodium alpinum f. brachyactis (Gand.) Beauverd Leontopodium caespitosum Beauverd |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |