| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Leontopodium leontopodinum (DC.) Hand.-Mazz trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 44(2): 118 (1927) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to Siberia and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1000-5000m |
| Description | leaves linear-lanceolate or linear-spathulate, 2-8cm long, numerous, lanate, bracts ovate-lanceolate to oblong, yellow or green-white lanate, capitula 6-8mm across |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | whitish yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Antennaria leontopodina DC. Leontopodium fischerianum Beauverd Leontopodium melanolepis Y.Ling Leontopodium ochroleucum Beauverd |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |