Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leontopodium shinanense Kitam. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 4: 74 (1935) |
Native Range | Japan (Honshu) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | basal leaves oblanceolate, 8-20mm, acute, adaxially lax grey lanate, abaxially densely so, middle stem leaves narrowly ligulate, densely grey lanate, capitula 2-3 in corymb |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |