| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Leontopodium japonicum Miq. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 178 (1866) |
| Native Range | China, Japan, Korea |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 700-2300m |
| Description | leaves sessile, lanceolate, acute, abaxially densely cinereous-tomentose, bracts 5-8, ovate, loosely arranged, abaxially yellow tomentose, smaller than upper stem leaves |
| Size | 10-55cm |
| Color | yellowish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gnaphalium sieboldianum Franch. & Sav. Leontopodium japonicum var. orogenes Hand.-Mazz. Leontopodium japonicum f. orogenes (Hand.-Mazz.) Ohwi Leontopodium sachalinense Miyabe & Kudo |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHS China Southeast) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) |