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  • Basically, worshipping Ludwig von Mises and/or Leontopodium alpinum.

    Maine GOP Platform Hijacked By Tea Party: 'The Inmates... Are Running The Asylum' (VIDEO) 2010

  • Basically, worshipping Ludwig von Mises and/or Leontopodium alpinum.

    Maine GOP Platform Hijacked By Tea Party: 'The Inmates... Are Running The Asylum' (VIDEO) 2010

  • 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.

    Huanglong National Scenic Area, China 2009

  • 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.

    Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe 2008

  • 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.

    Khangai Mountains alpine meadow 2008

  • 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.

    Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal 2008

  • 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.

    Pirin National Park, Bulgaria 2008

  • Associated herbs are gentians, Gentiana ornata and G. algida var. przewalskii, edelweiss Leontopodium jacotianum and Himalayan blue poppy Meconopsis horridula.

    Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal 2008

  • Leontopodium_, loses its alpine characters, if cultivated in lowland gardens.

    Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

  • _Leontopodium, Androsace, _ and some other plants assumed nearly the same mode of growth.

    Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

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