Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leontopodium andersonii C.B.Clarke trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Compos. Ind.: 100 (1876) |
Native Range | sc. China to Indo-China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 1000-3600m |
Description | leaves dense, linear to subulate-linear, margins revolute, adaxially subglabrous, abaxially densely white tomentose, bracts numerous, lanceolate, acute, densely yellow tomentose |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, 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 andersonii (C.B.Clarke) Franch. Gnaphalium subulatum Franch. Leontopodium bonati Beuaverd Leontopodium subulatum (Franch.) Beauverd Leontopodium subulatum var. bonatii (Beuaverd) Hand.-Mazz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (LAO Laos, MYA Myanmar, THA Thailand, VIE Vietnam) |