| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Leontopodium nanum (Hook.f. & Thomson) Hand.-Mazz. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 44(2): 111 (1927) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to w. & c. China and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1600-5500m |
| Description | lanate, leaves linear lanceolate or spathulate, 10-25mm, capitula 1-5, subsessile amongst leaves, bracts similar to other leaves, not forming star |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Antennaria nana Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke Gnaphalium thibeticum Bureau & Franch. Leontopodium x jamesonii Beauverd |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |