Anaphalis nepalensis (Spreng.) Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Anaphalis

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial. Rhizome slender or slightly robust, runners ca. 20 cm, rarely ca. 40 cm; leaves of runner obovate or spatulate, 1-2 cm, with terminal rosette leaves. Stems erect or ascending, 4-45 cm (or plants acaulescent), white tomentose, densely or sparsely leafy. Lower leaves persistent during efflorescence, rarely withered, homomorphic with rosette leaves, spatulate, oblanceolate, or oblong-oblanceolate, 1-7 × 0.5-2 cm or larger, base attenuate, margin flat, apex rounded or acute; middle leaves oblong or oblanceolate, often rather narrow, base amplexicaul, sessile, apex obtuse or acute, with acerose cusp; upper leaves attenuate; or short stems without middle and upper leaves; all leaves white tomentose or cauliferous glandular pilose on both surfaces or abaxially, (1 or)3-veined. Capitula solitary or few, rarely numerous, sparsely corymbiform; peduncle 0.5-2.5 cm. Involucre somewhat spherical, 8-12 × 15-20 mm, exceeding disk; phyllaries 8-or 9-seriate, radiate in efflorescence; outer phyllaries puce except at apex, oval or lanceolate, 3-3.5 mm; middle ones white, lanceolate, 7-10 × 2.5-3 mm, acute at apex; innermost ones linear-lanceolate, 5-8 mm, with a claw ca. 1/3 of full length. Receptacle lacunose. Predominantly female capitula with numerous marginal female florets, center with 3-6 male florets; predominantly male capitula with male florets only, or 1-3 female florets outside. Corolla of male florets ca. 3 mm, ca. 4 mm in female florets. Pappus ca. 4 mm, incrassate at tip of apex in male florets, serrulate. Achenes terete, ca. 1 mm, hirsutulous. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Aug-Oct.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a slender rhizome. The runners can be 20 cm long. The leaves on the runners are oval or spoon shaped. There is a ring of leaves at the end. The stems are 4-45 cm tall. They have a white coating. The flowers are in daisy like heads with white and a yellow centre.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in cold desert in north India in the Himalayas. In China it grows in alpine grasslands and pine forests between 2,400-4,500 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

The flower buds are eaten raw in salads.
Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Anaphalis nepalensis world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60445736-2
WFO ID wfo-0000026259
COL ID DF2M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gnaphalium cuneifolium Anaphalis cuneifolia Gnaphalium donianum Gnaphalium intermedium Anaphalis nepalensis Gnaphalium nubigenum Anaphalis mairei Anaphalis intermedia Helichrysum elegans Helichrysum stoloniferum Elichrysum nepalense Anaphalis mucronata var. polycephala Antennaria triplinervis var. cuneifolia Anaphalis nubigena var. intermedia Anaphalis nubigena var. polycephala Anaphalis nepalensis var. cuneifolia Anaphalis nepalensis var. nepalensis Antennaria triplinervis var. intermedia Anaphalis triplinervis var. intermedia Gnaphalium nepalense

Lower taxons

Anaphalis nepalensis var. monocephala Anaphalis nepalensis var. corymbosa