| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Leontopodium alpinum Cass. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Dict. Sci. Nat. [G.-F.Cuvier] ed. 2. 25: 474 (1822) |
| Native Range | European Mountains |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 1800-3000m |
| Description | stems erect, simple, leaves in rosette, spathulate, shortly petiolate, stem leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate to linear, densely grey-white tomentose, capitula 5-8 in corymb |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | yellow-white |
| 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 | Antennaria leontopodium Gaertn. Filago krasensis Gaertn. Filago leontopodium L. Filago stellata Lam. Gnaphalium krasense Derganc Gnaphalium leontopodium L. Gnaphalium pulchellum Wall. Leontopodium alpinum var. pirinicum Velen. Leontopodium helveticum D.Don ex G.Don Leontopodium leontopodium H.Karst Leontopodium nivale ssp. alpinum (Cass.) Greuter Leontopodium pirinicum Hand.-Mazz. Leontopodium pulchellum Beauverd Leontopodium umbellatum Bluff & Fingerh. Simlera alpina (Cass.) Bubani |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) |