Leontopodium alpinum

Edelweiss, Lion's Foot, Alpine Star

Message of the Flower

Spiritual Beauty

The Mother’s Comment

Immaculate whiteness, sweetness, and purity, you seem to come from another world.

Spiritual Message by the Mother/ Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

To find highest beauty is to find God; to reveal, to embody, to create, as we say, highest beauty is to bring out of our souls the living image and power of God.

Sri Aurobindo, The Human Cycle: The Suprarational Beauty

Spiritual beauty illumining human sight Lines with its passion and mystery Matter's mask And squanders eternity on a beat of Time.

Sri Aurobindo, Savitri - I: The Symbol Dawn

Colour

White or yellowish-white, greyish-white

Family

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Cultivars

Several cultivars exist for garden cultivation

Person who named the flower

Carl Linnaeus

Flower Size

Small, surrounded by white woolly bracts

Flower Texture

Woolly

Number of Petals

Multiple in each cluster

Floral Symmetry

Radial

Fragrance of Flower

Minimal to no

Leaf Texture

Leathery, white hairs

Leaf Arrangement

Basal rosette

Leaf Color

Green with white hairs

Structural Variation (Shrub or Tree)

Herbaceous plant

Life Cycle

Perennial

Blooming Period

Late spring to early summer

Climate

Mountainous, alpine

Water Requirements

Moderate

Soil Type

Rocky, limestone-rich

Temperature Ranges

Cold-tolerant

Sun or Shade

Full sun

Susceptibility to Insects and Diseases

Pest-resistant, root rot in poor drainage

Pollinators

Bees, butterflies

Habitat

Alpine meadows, high altitudes

Role in the Ecosystem

Supports pollinators, soil stabilizer

Quotations

Associated with Alpine beauty

Ornamental

Unique appearance and symbolism

Uses in Other Aspects of Life

Conservation efforts

Endangered Status

Protected due to overharvesting

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