Leontopodium alpinum
Alpine Edelweiss, Edelweiss, Composite, Daisy Family, Sunflowers, Aster Family, Composite Family, Thistle Family, Daisies, Asters, And Allies, Sunflower Family
Description
Commonly called edelweiss, it is a low-growing herbaceous perennial with a globular habit; the narrow leaves are grey-green, colour-balanced with the yellowish-white flower heads surrounded by white, woolly bracts that appear from late spring until late summer. It grows best in cool summer climates and in well-drained soils free of waterlogging.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Leontopodium
- Species
- Leontopodium alpinum
Accepted name: Leontopodium nivale
Synonyms of Leontopodium nivale (13)
- Antennaria leontopodium
- Filago krasensis
- Filago leontopodium
- Filago stellata
- Gnaphalium krasense
- Gnaphalium leontopodium
- Gnaphalium pulchellum
- Leontopodium helveticum
- Leontopodium leontopodium
- Leontopodium pirinicum
- Leontopodium pulchellum
- Leontopodium umbellatum
- Simlera alpina
