Leontopodium alpinum Cass.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Antennaria leontopodium Gaertn.; Filago krasensis Derganc; Filago leontopodium L.; Filago stellata Lam.; Gnaphalium krasense Derganc; Gnaphalium leontopodium L.; Gnaphalium pulchellum Wall.; Leontopodium helveticum D.Don ex G.Don; Leontopodium leontopodium H.Karst.; Leontopodium pirinicum Hand.-Mazz.; Leontopodium pulchellum Beauverd; Leontopodium umbellatum Bluff & Fingerh.; Simlera alpina Bubani
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leontopodium nivale subsp. alpinum (Cass.) Greuter
  • Common name : Edelweiss
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Alpine Himalaya and limestone places; 1800 - 3000 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : It is used in traditional medicine as a remedy against abdominal and respiratory diseases.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : European Mountains and East Himalaya
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 158
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leontopodium alpinum. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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