Leontopodium calocephalum Beauverd

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Leontopodium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial. Rhizome slender, prostrate, usually branched. Stems erect, not branched, 10-50 cm tall, arachnoid pilose. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 50-150 × 2-12 mm, abaxially white tomentose, adaxially green and glabrous or sparsely pilose, lateral veins 2, distinct, subparallel to midvein, base forming sparse sheath around stem, apex acuminate. Capitula 5-20, heterogamous or diclinous-dioecious, closely aggregated, 5-10 mm in diam.; bracteal leaves 10-18, linear, 20-45 × 3-6 mm, forming a multiradiate star of 5-8 cm in diam., both surfaces densely white or yellowish tomentose, base broader, apex acuminate. Involucre 4-6 mm, white tomentose; phyllaries 4-seriate, apex dark brown, acute or rounded, glabrous. Corolla 3-4 mm. Achenes pilose. Pappus white, ca. 4 mm, serrulate. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Sep-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
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

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leontopodium calocephalum unspecified picture

Distribution

Leontopodium calocephalum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229578-1
WFO ID wfo-0000028560
COL ID 3T72C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Leontopodium calocephalum Leontopodium alpinum var. himalayanum Gnaphalium leontopodium var. calocephalum Leontopodium calocephalum var. calocephalum Leontopodium calocephalum var. typicum