Leontopodium
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Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
, which includes edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum), a well-known plant from the mountains of Europe. The term edelweiss can, more rarely, refer to other members of the genus. The genus contains about 30 species, native to Europe and Asia (and perhaps the Americas).
Species
- Leontopodium alpinum
- Leontopodium andersonii
- Leontopodium artemisiifolium
- Leontopodium aurantiacum
- Leontopodium brachyactis
- Leontopodium calocephalum
- Leontopodium campestre
- Leontopodium chuii
- Leontopodium conglobatum
- Leontopodium coreanum
- Leontopodium dedekensii
- Leontopodium delavayanum
- Leontopodium discolorLeontopodium discolorLeontopodium discolor, known as Ezo-usuyuki-sō or Rebun-usuyuki-sō in Japan, is a species of Edelweiss native to alpine areas of Hokkaidō.-Description:Leontopodium discolor is a perennial with white flowers that grows 15–30 cm in height...
- Leontopodium fangingense
- Leontopodium fauriei
- Leontopodium forrestianum
- Leontopodium franchetii
- Leontopodium giraldii
- Leontopodium haastioides
- Leontopodium hallaisanense
- Leontopodium haplophylloides
- Leontopodium hayachinense
- Leontopodium himalayanum
- Leontopodium jacotianum
- Leontopodium japonicum
- Leontopodium leiolepis
- Leontopodium leontopodinum
- Leontopodium leontopodioides
- Leontopodium linearifolium
- Leontopodium microphyllumLeontopodium microphyllumLeontopodium microphyllum, belonging to sunflower family and relative to the European Edelweiss , is endemic to Taiwan. It is called Taiwan Edelweiss, or small leaf Edelweiss. It grows at mountain area with altitude 3200-3950 meter. It was first published by Japanese botanist Bunzō Hayata in 1908....
- Leontopodium longifolium
- Leontopodium melanolepis
- Leontopodium micranthum
- Leontopodium monocephalum
- Leontopodium muscoides
- Leontopodium nanum
- Leontopodium niveum
- Leontopodium ochroleucum
- Leontopodium omeiense
- Leontopodium pusillum
- Leontopodium roseum
- Leontopodium shinanense
- Leontopodium sinense
- Leontopodium smithianum
- Leontopodium souliei
- Leontopodium stoechas
- Leontopodium stoloniferum
- Leontopodium stracheyi
- Leontopodium subulatum
- Leontopodium villosum
- Leontopodium wilsonii