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Title: Leontopodium nanum or pusillum?
Post by: Corrado & Rina on March 18, 2017, 12:02:07 AM: Dear all,

Here is the picture of a Leontopodium which has just flowered, unfortunately the label was lost during the last house move

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It can be either nanum or pusillum (the two labels that were lost), most likely pusillum. Anyone who could identify with more precision?

Best Regards

Corrado
Title: Re: Leontopodium nanum or pusillum?
Post by: Lesley Cox on March 20, 2017, 09:03:10 PM: A wonderfully compact form. Please show us when the flowers are fully out. :) :)
Title: Re: Leontopodium nanum or pusillum?
Post by: Corrado & Rina on April 01, 2017, 11:04:17 PM: Quote from: Lesley Cox on March 20, 2017, 09:03:10 PM
A wonderfully compact form. Please show us when the flowers are fully out. :) :)

Flower completely out now

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Any help about it being nanum or pusillum?
Title: Re: Leontopodium nanum or pusillum?
Post by: Corrado & Rina on April 01, 2017, 11:09:23 PM: Quote from: Lesley Cox on March 20, 2017, 09:03:10 PM
A wonderfully compact form. Please show us when the flowers are fully out. :) :)

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Title: Re: Leontopodium nanum or pusillum?
Post by: Lesley Cox on April 02, 2017, 05:42:13 AM: Ahhh. Thank you Corrado and Rina. Very nice it is too with the almost stemless flowers. I was worried they may have elongated as they matured. Having said that, please forgive me for a little complaint - or perhaps a disappointment. I thought the flowers would have been whiter like a snowy, newborn lamb. The lamb looks a little bit grubby. :(
Title: Re: Leontopodium nanum or pusillum?
Post by: Leucogenes on April 02, 2017, 06:13:19 AM: Hello Corrado & Rina,

It is very difficult to distinguish small Leontopodium species. There are probably also some species in Asia which are not yet discovered or described. There are also local differences of the same kind.
My tendency is with your plant to L. pusillium. When my wakes from the winter sleep I will try to compare.

In any case you should reap the seeds and try to multiply ... It is a very beautiful specimen.

Best regards Thomas
Title: Re: Leontopodium nanum or pusillum?
Post by: Corrado & Rina on April 06, 2017, 02:51:38 PM: Quote from: Lesley Cox on April 02, 2017, 05:42:13 AM
Ahhh. Thank you Corrado and Rina. Very nice it is too with the almost stemless flowers. I was worried they may have elongated as they matured. Having said that, please forgive me for a little complaint - or perhaps a disappointment. I thought the flowers would have been whiter like a snowy, newborn lamb. The lamb looks a little bit grubby. :(

Ops .... possibly my fault, I forgot to take a picture whilst they were at their whitest (and hey were very white)!

Best,

Corrado