Noun: Leontopodium alpinum
- Alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
"Climbers spotted Leontopodium alpinum growing on the rocky mountainside";
- edelweiss
Type of: wild flower, wildflower
Part of: genus Leontopodium, Leontopodium
Encyclopedia: Leontopodium alpinum