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Leontopodium muscoides Hand.-Mazz. trib. Gnaphalieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesLeontopodium muscoides Hand.-Mazz. trib. Gnaphalieae
BibliographyAnz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 59: 252 (1922)
Native Rangesc. China to se. Tibet
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude4000-4200m
Descriptionstems thin, stem leaves linear-lanceolate, at base vaginate, grey or yellowish lanate, bracts similar, producing star 17-25mm wide, capitula dense, involucre subglobular
Size1-8cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet)
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