Edelweiss
Edelweiss is a well-known Europe mountain flower.
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| Species: | L. alpinum
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| Leontopodium alpinum Cass., 1822
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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]
Edelweiss Media
- Leontopodium nivale after three months of groth.jpg
an edelweiss in an early state of development inside of a plant pot (note the white velvet like hair hasn't yet fully grown upon its leaves yet)
- No. 5. Dianthus silvestris, Gnaphalium leontopodium, (Edelweiss.), chromolithograph by Helga von Cramm, with hymn by F. R. Havergal, 1877.jpg
No.5, Dianthus silvestris, and Gnaphalium leontopodium, (Edelweiss), chromolithograph by Helga von Cramm, with hymn by F. R. Havergal, 1877.
- Ignaz Lechleitner Franz Joseph I und Elisabeth vor1860 ubs G 0940 III.jpg
Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth
- Oberjäger k.k. Gebrigstruppe 1907-18.png
Kaiserjäger - Sergeant (Oberjäger)
- Leontopodium alpinum Szarotka alpejska 01.jpg
Early-season version with central floret-pods not yet fully developed. Specimen found in Poland's Tatra Mountains.
- Edelweiss in cold valley.jpg
Typical mid-season appearance. Specimen found in Italy's Bergamo Alps.
- Leontopodium alpinum 280808.jpg
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 Atlas Alpenflora.jpg
Gnaphalium leontopodium (Leontopodium alpinum)
Several edelweiss together with the typical growth form in the Zillertal Alps in South Tyrol.
