Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leontopodium microphyllum Hayata trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 25: 127 (1908) |
Native Range | Taiwan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3200-3800m |
Description | stems densely lanate, stem leaves oblanceolate, acute, sessile, densely white lanate, bracts linear-lanceolate, densely white lanate, capitula 4-9, involucre subspherical |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 (TAI Taiwan) |