Leontopodium nanum (Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke) Hand.-Mazz.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Basionym : Antennaria nana Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke
  • Synonym(s) : Gnaphalium thibeticum Bureau & Franch.; Leontopodium × jamesonii Beauverd
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leontopodium nanum (Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Common name : Tiny Edelweiss
  • Vernacular name :
    • Palu (Ladakhi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Morains, alpine meadows, thickets, marshes and near water streams among sedges; 2100 - 5000 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : The inflorescence bracts are not different from the rest of the leaves. An attractive high alpine ornamental plant.
  • Key identification features : A grey woolly tufted perennial herb. Leaves linear, many, 1.5-2.5 cm long in lax rosette. Flower heads sub sessile, solitary. Involucral bracts linear lanceolate. Pappus white.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Central Asia to Mongolia and West and Central China, 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: 159
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1511-1512
    • Chaurasia O P, Khatoon N and Singh S B (2006), Field Guide-Plant Biodiversity of Ladakh. WWF-India, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) and Department of Wildlife Protection, Goverment of Jammu and Kashmir
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leontopodium nanum. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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