Edelweiss

Edelweiss
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Gnaphalieae
Genus:	Leontopodium
Species:	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.

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]

Edelweiss Media

No.5, Dianthus silvestris, and Gnaphalium leontopodium, (Edelweiss), chromolithograph by Helga von Cramm, with hymn by F. R. Havergal, 1877.
Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth
Kaiserjäger - Sergeant (Oberjäger)
Early-season version with central floret-pods not yet fully developed. Specimen found in Poland's Tatra Mountains.
Typical mid-season appearance. Specimen found in Italy's Bergamo Alps.
Late season version with "fat" appearance from flowered-out central floret-pods and from longer petal-"fuzz". Specimen found in the Stubai Alps.
Gnaphalium leontopodium (Leontopodium alpinum)
Several edelweiss together with the typical growth form in the Zillertal Alps in South Tyrol.
1963 German mountain sport pin.

References

↑ 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.

[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. 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. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.011906. PMID 15697629. S2CID 36857838.

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