Leontopodium dedekensi Beauverd

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Leontopodium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial. Rhizome short and stout, with several to numerous stems. Stems 10-45 cm tall, not branched or rarely slightly branched, entire plant densely grayish arachnoid pubescent, equally and densely leafy. Leaves: lower ones usually larger than upper ones; blade linear-lanceolate, 10-40 × 1.3-6.5 mm, both surfaces densely grayish arachnoid pubescent, base cordate, sagittate, or truncate, apex obtuse. Capitula 5-30, heterogamous or dioecious, closely aggregated, 4-5 mm in diam.; bracteal leaves 14-20, 5-30 × 2-4 mm, forming a star of 2-5 cm in diam., densely whitish to yellowish arachnoid pubescent. Involucre 3-4 mm; phyllaries 3-seriate, spatulate-oblong, 3-4 mm, apex acute or rounded, glabrous, dry membranous. Corolla ca. 3 mm. Achenes papillose. Pappus white, 3-4 mm, serrulate. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.45
Root system rhizome
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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

Leontopodium dedekensi world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229585-1
WFO ID wfo-0000035540
COL ID 3T72L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gnaphalium dedekensii Leontopodium hastatum Leontopodium dedekensi Gnaphalium futtereri Leontopodium foliosum Leontopodium micranthum Leontopodium futtereri Gnaphalium dedekensii f. dedekensii Gnaphalium leontopodium var. foliosa Leontopodium dedekensii var. dedekensii