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Characteristic of flower edelweis

Snow flower or Edelweiss is a herbaceous perennial plant that typically grows on calcareous, rocky gorges and alpine pastures. Its life expectancy varies between 3 and 10 years.

Snow Flower measures between 10 and 30 centimeters. It is not usually higher because it has has short woody stems to withstand the strong winds of the mountain peaks. It grows from cylindrical rhizomes, thick, sturdy that they form colonies 50-75 centimeters in length.

Its leaves are lanceolate , covered with very characteristics white hairs to protects it from frost and to withstand evapotranspiration and dryness as a result of the high ultraviolet mountain radiation. In addition, this plant has a thick sap that enables it to withstand very low temperatures.

The flowering season of the edelweiss is from July to September. The inflorescence consists of tiny flowers grouped in terminal inflorescences containing about 7 or 9 flower heads , measuring about 5-6 inches in diameter. Each flower head has between 30 and 60 tubular yellow flowers.