Edelweiss
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| Species: | L. alpinum |
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| Leontopodium alpinum Cass., 1822 | |
Edelweiss is a well-known Europe mountain flower.
Description
[change | change source]Leaves and flowers are covered with white hairs and look woolly. Each Edelweiss bloom has five to six small yellow flower heads surrounded by leaflets in a star shape. The flowers are in bloom between July and September.
Range
[change | change source]The Edelweiss prefers rocky limestone places. It has been used traditionally in folk medicine. The hair on the flower protect the Edelweiss from cold.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Randall J. Bayer, Christopher F. Puttock, and Scot A. Kelchner (2000). "Phylogeny of South African Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) based on two noncoding chloroplast sequences". American Journal of Botany. 87 (2): 259–272. doi:10.2307/2656914. JSTOR 2656914. PMID 10675314. Archived from the original on 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Vigneron, Jean Pol; Rassart, Marie; Vértesy, Zofia; Kertész, Krisztián; Sarrazin, Michaël; Biró, László P.; Ertz, Damien; Lousse, Virginie (January 2005). "Optical structure and function of the white filamentary hair covering the edelweiss bracts". Physical Review E. 71 (1 Pt 1): 011906. arXiv:0710.2695. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.011906. PMID 15697629. S2CID 36857838.
