Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leontopodium dedekensi (Bureau & Franch.) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 1: 193 (1909) |
Native Range | w. & c. China to Tibet and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1400-4100m |
Description | densely grey pubescent, equally and densely foliate, leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, bracts producing star 2-5cm wide, capitula 5-30, densely crowded |
Size | 10-45cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium dedekensii Bureau & Franch. Gnaphalium leontopodium var. foliosa Franch. Leontopodium foliosum (Franch.) Beauverd Leontopodium futtereri Diels Leontopodium hastatum Beauverd Leontopodium micranthum Y.Ling |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |