Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leontopodium monocephalum Edgew. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 73 (1846) |
Native Range | Tibet to Himalaya and ne. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 4000-5600m |
Description | leaves oblong-lanceolate to spathulate, 3-9mm, obtuse, densely pale yellow tomentose, capitula 1-10, 4-6mm, subtended by pale yellow lanate, oblanceolate bracts |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Leontopodium evax var. fimbrilligerum (J.R.Drumm.) Beuaverd Leontopodium fimbrilligerum J.R.Drumm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |