Edelweiss

Edelweiss

Edelweiss
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L. alpinum
Binomial name
Leontopodium alpinum
Cass., 1822

Edelweiss is a well-known Europe mountain flower.

Description

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. The flower also is known as national flowers of Austria and Switzerland.

Range

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

  1. 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. Bibcode:2000AmJB...87..259B. 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)
  2. 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. Bibcode:2005PhRvE..71a1906V. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.011906. PMID 15697629. S2CID 36857838.

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