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Leontopodium hayachinense

Leontopodium hayachinense
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0

Leontopodium hayachinense is a small alpine perennial in the daisy family, native to Japan and considered rare. It needs cool, well-drained conditions and is best suited to specialist alpine gardens.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during dry spells in spring and summer, and let the soil drain freely so the crown never sits wet.
Soil
Gritty, well-drained alpine mix with added grit or stone chips.
Temperature
Cool conditions suit it best; tolerates winter cold well but dislikes prolonged heat, roughly 5-20 °C ideal.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu)
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Leontopodium hayachinense is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Japan and considered as a rare species by the IUCN since 1998.

Other Leontopodium plants

Leontopodium andersonii · Korean Edelweiss · Bicolour Edelweiss · Leontopodium fauriei · Himalayan Edelweiss · Leontopodium jacotianum · Japanese Edelweiss · Leontopodium kamtschaticum · Leontopodium leontopodinum · Taiwan Edelweiss · Edelweiss · Palibin’s Edelweiss

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leontopodium hayachinense by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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