Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leontopodium caespitosum Diels trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 189 (1912) |
Native Range | sc. China to n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3300-3600m |
Description | leaves dense in upper part of stems, sessile, lanceolate, acute, adaxially green, glabrous, abaxially densely pale grey tomentose, bracts similar, acute, star 3-5cm across |
Size | 12-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Leontopodium jacotianum var. caespitosum (Diels) Hand.-Mazz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |