Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leontopodium franchetii Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 3: 258 (1911) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4000m |
Description | leaves dense, linear, adaxially densely glandular-hirsute, abaxially densely lanate, bracts many, linear, densely lanate, capitula 10-30, 3-5mm across |
Size | 10-15cm |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |