Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leontopodium fauriei Hand.-Mazz. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Pflanzenleben Alp., ed. 2: 505 (1924) |
Native Range | Japan (Honshu) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves linear-oblanceolate, 25-60mm long, long petiolate, densely lanate abaxially, thinly lanate adaxially, stem leaves densely yellow-grey lanate, star 2-5cm wide |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |