Japan edelweiss
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Japan edelweiss ( Leontopodium japonicum ) |
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The Japan Edelweiss ( Leontopodium japonicum ) is a species in the genus Edelweiss ( Leontopodium ) in the subfamily of Asteroideae within the family of Compositae (Asteraceae).
features
The Japan edelweiss is a perennial , herbaceous plant or a dwarf shrub that reaches heights of 8 to 50 centimeters. It forms a rhizome . The base of the stem is lignified. The up to 50 stem leaves are very dense, narrowly lanceolate, seated with a narrowed base and measure 23 to 55 × 5 to 13 millimeters. Their upper side is green and hairy to almost bald, the underside is densely tomentose. The lower leaves have died during flowering. One to several gray-felted bracts are arranged in irregular stars with a diameter of 1.5 to 4 centimeters.
The flowering period extends from June to July.
Occurrence
The Japanese edelweiss occurs in central and eastern China , Korea and Japan on dry, gravelly montane to subalpine, rarely also to alpine, meadows and bushes at altitudes of 725 to 2400 meters.
use
The Japanese edelweiss is rarely used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens and as a cut flower. It has been in culture since 1866 at the latest. The plant needs a sunny location with soil that is poor in humus and rich in limestone.
literature
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
