Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Lemon-Scented Edelweiss, Sweet-Scented Edelweiss
Description
Family Compositae
The largest family of flowering plants , the Compositae (Asteraceae), comprising about 1,100 genera and more than 20,000 species and characterized by many small flowers arranged in a head looking like a single flower and subtended by an involucre of bracts. A head may consist of both ray flowers and disk flowers, as in the sunflower, of disk flowers only, as in the burdock, or of ray flowers only, as in the dandelion.
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May. • Flower Color: cream, near white, tan, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 6-12" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 9-12" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Compositae
()
- Giseke, 1792, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
()
- Tribe:
Gnaphalieae
()
- Subtribe:
Gnaphaliinae
()
- Genus:
Leontopodium
()
- R. Brown ex Cassini, 1819
- Specific epithet:
haplophylloides
- Hand.-Mazz.
- Botanical name: - Leontopodium haplophylloides Hand.-Mazz.
- Specific epithet:
haplophylloides
- Hand.-Mazz.
- Genus:
Leontopodium
(
- Subtribe:
Gnaphaliinae
(
- Tribe:
Gnaphalieae
(
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
(
- Family:
Compositae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Data Providers: IPNI, Flora
of China Checklist
, Tropicos.
GCC LSID: urn
:lsid:compositae.org:names:4669D545-4CCB-4B53-B5A0-444889F59CFB
Last scrutiny: 14-Aug-09
Similar Species
Members of the genus Leontopodium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
L. alpinum (Edelweiss) · L. haplophylloides (Lemon-Scented Edelweiss) · L. japonicum (Waesomdari)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:
- Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University Herbaria
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8451325
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ast-15603
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15170702
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229604-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 644813
