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Basically, worshipping Ludwig von Mises and/or Leontopodium alpinum.
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Basically, worshipping Ludwig von Mises and/or Leontopodium alpinum.
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Kobresia macracantha, Anaphalis lactea and Leontopodium dedekensii mixed above 3,800 m with alpine meadows which are dominated by the sedge Kobresia macracantha and form the only vegetation above 3,900 m.
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Some cushion plants and woolly alpine forbs like Leontopodium, Saussurea, Arenaria bryophylla, and Thylacospermum caespitosum also grow here and owe their distinctive morphology to the rigors of the alpine environment, including a short growing season, persistent winds, high potential evapotranspiration, and intense solar radiation.
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Primary plant species include pine (Pinus silvestris), aspen (Populus tremuls), and edelweiss (Leontopodium ochroleucum) in lower parts of the range, while at higher altitudes above the tree line low schrubs and herbs, sedges, grasses, mosses, and algae and lichens can be found.
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In association with the shrub complex are a variety of herbs such as Gentiana prolata, G. stellata, edelweiss Leontopodium stracheyi, Codonopsis thalictrifolia, Thalictrum chelidonii, lilies Lilium nepalense and Notholirion macrophyllum, Fritillaria cirrhosa and primroses, Primula denticulata, P. atrodentata, P. wollastonii and P. sikkimensis.
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The flora, especially on the limestone which is one of the most active centers of floristic speciation in the Balkans, includes many rare species such as the Pirin poppy, Papaver pirinica, golden aquilegia Aquilegia aurea, yellow gentian Gentiana lutea and edelweiss Leontopodium alpinum.
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Associated herbs are gentians, Gentiana ornata and G. algida var. przewalskii, edelweiss Leontopodium jacotianum and Himalayan blue poppy Meconopsis horridula.
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Leontopodium_, loses its alpine characters, if cultivated in lowland gardens.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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_Leontopodium, Androsace, _ and some other plants assumed nearly the same mode of growth.
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