Leontopodium brachyactis Gand.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Leontopodium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, stoloniferous, tomentose or somewhat glabrous; stolons ca. 10 mm, covered with dense brown scaly leaves. Stems many. Basal leaves in dense rosettes, spatulate, 30-40 × 3-5 mm, usually thickish, apex obtuse to subacute; cauline leaves (20-)30-40 × 3-4 mm, usually densely lanate-tomentose, 1-veined, apex shortly mucronate. Capitula 3-5, laxly arranged, 6-8 mm in diam., subtended by bracteal leaves similar to cauline leaves in color and pubescence, but forming a distinct star, obtusely lanceolate. Phyllaries dark brownish, ca. 5 × 1.5-1.7 mm, scarious with a lower greenish part, long pilose hairy, apex acuminate. Achenes of female florets larger than sterile ones of bisexual florets, ca. 1.5 mm, papillose. Pappus setae 4.5-5 mm, barbellate, deciduous as a unit. Fl. Jun-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
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Blooming months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Leontopodium brachyactis world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Tajikistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229575-1
WFO ID wfo-0000126932
COL ID 3T729
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Leontopodium brachyactis Leontopodium caespitosum Leontopodium margelanense Leontopodium ochroleucum var. campestre Leontopodium alpinum var. polyphyllum Leontopodium alpinum f. brachyactis