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Leontopodium pusillum (Beauv.) Hand.-Mazz. in Vesh. Beih. Bot. Cent. 46: 97. 1928; R. R. Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. P. W. Pak. & Kashm. 769. 1972.
Leontopodium alpinum Cass. var. pusillum Beauv.
A small caespitose to procumbent herb. Stems 1-many, 1-3 (-5) cm long; stolons filiform, bearing remote scales. Leaves spathulate, usually covered with white tomentum, 7-9 x 2-4 mm. Capitula 1-3, heterogamous, ± 9 mm in diameter. Inflorescence bracts conspicuous, spathulate or linear spathulate, broader than the cauline leaves, white tomentose. Female florets c. 3.5 mm long, bisexual florets slightly smaller, c. 3 mm long. Cypselas ± 1.25 mm long, glabrous, pappus setae white, connate.
Fl.Per.: August-September.
Type: Tibeticus Occidentalis: adnives supra sammon, August 15, 1905 Hedin (S).
A rare species in our area; Distribution: Kashmir, Xizang.
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