Edelweiss
Leontopodium nivale
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Leontopodium nivale
- Group
- Eudicots
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Continent
- Europe
- Habitat
- Mountains
- Form
- Herb
- Leaves
- Shed in winter
- Flower colour
- White
- Blooms in
- Summer
- Use
- No special use
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- The white star is not petals but woolly leaves around a cluster of small yellow flowers.
- It is shown on the Austrian 2 euro cent coin.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q178265 · All plants · All entries