Leontopodium stracheyi C.B.Clarke ex Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Leontopodium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial. Rhizome stout, branched, with numerous flowering and sterile stems. Stems subwoody, erect, usually not branched, (5-)12-60 cm tall, glandular and sometimes arachnoid pubescent; internodes (3-)5-10 mm. Leaves narrowly oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 20-50 × 3-12 mm, abaxially densely white tomentose, adaxially green, glandular and sometimes arachnoid pubescent, base almost auriculate, apex acute or acuminate. Capitula 3-11, usually dioecious, crowded; bracteal leaves 7-12, similar to upper leaves in shape and size, forming a star of 2-6 cm in diam. or compound stars, both surfaces white arachnoid tomentose, more densely so above. Involucre 4-5 mm, pilose; phyllaries 2-or 3-seriate, ovate to oblanceolate, 4-4.5 × 1-2 mm, with dark brown scarious margin. Corollas 3.5-4 mm. Achenes 0.75-1 mm, pubescent; male ovary pubescent. Pappus white. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Sep-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
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Sexuality
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.11 - 0.38
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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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 stracheyi unspecified picture

Distribution

Leontopodium stracheyi world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229663-1
WFO ID wfo-0000115730
COL ID 3T752
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Leontopodium stracheyi Gnaphalium stracheyi Leontopodium anaphaloides Leontopodium sinense var. typicum Leontopodium stracheyi var. setchuenense Leontopodium stracheyi var. stracheyi Leontopodium alpinum var. stracheyi Leontopodium sinense var. stracheyi