Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leontopodium forrestianum Hand.-Mazz. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 61: 112 (1925) |
Native Range | sc. China to n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-3800m |
Description | grey sericeous-hirsute, evenly foliate, leaves linear to oblanceolate, sessile, adaxially greenish, capitula 2-7 in compact corymb, bracts numerous, equal to upper leaves |
Size | 2-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |