Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leontopodium muscoides Hand.-Mazz. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 59: 252 (1922) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4200m |
Description | stems thin, stem leaves linear-lanceolate, at base vaginate, grey or yellowish lanate, bracts similar, producing star 17-25mm wide, capitula dense, involucre subglobular |
Size | 1-8cm |
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 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |