Edelweiss (English spelling) Leontopodium alpinum; edelweiss

Japanese: エーデルワイス（英語表記）Leontopodium alpinum; edelweiss

A perennial plant of the Asteraceae family. It is a well-known alpine plant that grows in the high and subalpine regions of Europe. It grows to a height of 10-20cm and is covered entirely in soft white hairs. In summer, it produces 6-10 flower heads at the top of the stem, and below them are several star-shaped bracts covered with white hairs that look like petals. It is also cultivated for decorative purposes. There are several species of the same genus that grow wild in Japan, and among them, L. fauriei var. angustifolium , which grows on Mt. Tanigawa and Mt. Oze Shibutsu, and L. hayachinense , which grows on Mt. Hayachine, are the most similar to this edelweiss. Other species include L. japonicum , which has a somewhat wider distribution range, and L. shinanense , which grows on Mt. Kiso-Komagatake.

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Japanese:

キク科の多年草。ヨーロッパの高山や亜高山に生える有名な高山植物。草丈は 10～20cm，全体が白色の軟毛に包まれている。夏の頃，茎頂に6～10個の頭状花をつけ，その下に白毛をかぶった包葉が数枚星形について花弁のようにみえる。観賞用にも栽培される。日本に自生する同属のものは数種あり，なかでも谷川岳と尾瀬至仏山に生えるホソバヒナウスユキソウ L. fauriei var. angustifoliumと早池峰山のハヤチネウスユキソウ L. hayachinenseが最もよくこのエーデルワイスに似ている。このほか分布域のやや広いウスユキソウ L. japonicumや木曾駒ヶ岳産のヒメウスユキソウ L. shinanenseなどがある。

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