General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 4-8 inches
Plant Spread: 8-12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: near white
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds very thin
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Edelweiss
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Leontopodium nivale subsp. alpinum
  • Synonym: Leontopodium alpinum

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Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Date: 2018-07-24
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-06-17
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-06-01
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-06-21
 2:53 pm. This newcomer is reaching for the sun.

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  • Uploaded by Joy

photo credit: Böhringer Friedrich
Location: my garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-23
1 year old plant
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-07-01
 1:31 pm. The petals are like felt, and the blossoms - quite diff
Location: Betty Ford Alpine gardens 
Date: 2019-08-26
Location: Hortus Botanicus Akureyensis - Akureya - Iceland
Date: 2019-07-29

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  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2011-07-15

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2015-07-10
 1:28 pm. Some bugs and insects are interested in a newcomer to t
Location: Twisp
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2007-05-25
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-23
Location: Akron, OH
Date: 2010-06-08
Evening shot
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-07-07
Location: Betty Ford Alpine gardens 
Date: 2019-08-26

Date: 2013-05-18

Photo courtesy of: Jose Vicente Ferrandez

Date: 2013-05-18
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