Leontopodium brachyactis in Valley of Flowers
Leontopodium brachyactis is a soft wooly herb. Leaves are 0.8 to 1 cm in width and 0.3 to 0.4 cm in height. Basal leaves are clustered and stem leaves are short mucro. Flower heads are white and densely wooly and they are leaf like, flat.
English Name |
Lions’s foot |
Local Name |
NOT AVAILABLE |
Family |
Asteraceae (Sunflower family) |
Flowering time |
June to August |
Habitat |
Common in grassy slopes and rock crevices. |
Uses |
NOT AVAILABLE |
Location in the Valley of flowers |
You can find this flower in later half of valley of flowers at grassy slopes. After trekking for about 4-5 kilometers from the entry gate you may find Leontopodium Brachyatis. There is a Bhojpatra forest Just before reaching Pushpwati river bed and before that forest in grassy slope you can find this flower. |
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