Leontopodium japonicum Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Leontopodium

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year from a tufted rhizome. It grows 10-55 cm tall. There are 20-30 leaves on the stem. They are 15-80 mm long by 3-15 mm wide. They are whitish underneath.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.55
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on dry slopes and gravelly areas between 700-2,300 m above sea level. In Sichuan.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses environmental use food
Edible leaves
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 japonicum unspecified picture

Distribution

Leontopodium japonicum world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229612-1
WFO ID wfo-0000064597
COL ID 3T73C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Leontopodium japonicum f. hirsutum Leontopodium sachalinense Leontopodium japonicum f. japonicum Gnaphalium sieboldianum Leontopodium japonicum var. japonicum Leontopodium japonicum var. glaberrimum Leontopodium japonicum

Lower taxons

Leontopodium japonicum var. perniveum Leontopodium japonicum var. microcephalum Leontopodium japonicum var. spathulatum Leontopodium japonicum var. saxatile