• Family : Asteraceae
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
• Basionym : Antennaria nana Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke
• Synonym(s) : Gnaphalium thibeticum Bureau & Franch.; Leontopodium × jamesonii Beauverd
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leontopodium nanum (Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke) Hand.-Mazz.
• Common name : Tiny Edelweiss
• Vernacular name : Palu (Ladakhi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Morains, alpine meadows, thickets, marshes and near water streams among sedges; 2100 - 5000 m. altitude
• Comments / notes : The inflorescence bracts are not different from the rest of the leaves. An attractive high alpine ornamental plant.
• Key identification features : A grey woolly tufted perennial herb. Leaves linear, many, 1.5-2.5 cm long in lax rosette. Flower heads sub sessile, solitary. Involucral bracts linear lanceolate. Pappus white.
• Flower, Fruit : June-October
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
• Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Central Asia to Mongolia and West and Central China, Himalaya
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 159; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1511-1512; Chaurasia O P, Khatoon N and Singh S B (2006), Field Guide-Plant Biodiversity of Ladakh. WWF-India, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) and Department of Wildlife Protection, Goverment of Jammu and Kashmir
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Leontopodium nanum. Downloaded on 2 July 2022.

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