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Leontopodium discolor Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesLeontopodium discolor Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae
BibliographyBull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, ser. 2, 1: 188 (1909)
Native RangeRussian Far East to n. Japan
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionleaves linear-lorate, 4-8cm long, mucronate, long petiolate, white lanate abaxially, thinly lanate adaxially, bracteate heads 3-8cm across
Size15-30cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     31 Russian Far East (KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin)
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan)
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