Asteraceae

Leontopodium japonicum Miq.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Leontopodium

Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants

Leontopodium japonicum (Leontopodium japonicum) — FlowerPhoto: Hector Montero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free

Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: ذنيان ياباني
arz: قدم الاسد اليابانى
Chinese: 薄雪火绒草, 薄雪火絨草, 小毛香, 小白头翁, 火艾, 薄雪草
German: Japan-Edelweiss, Japan-Edelweiß
Japanese: ウスユキソウ, ミネウスユキソウ
Korean: 왜솜다리, 외솜다리

Synonyms

Gnaphalium sieboldianum Franch. & Sav.
Leontopodium japonicum f. hirsutum Beauverd
Leontopodium japonicum f. japonicum
Leontopodium japonicum var. glaberrimum Beauverd
Leontopodium japonicum var. japonicum

Flowers

In flower: July to August, December to February (from 25 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Hector Montero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yoshimasa Uchiyama, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yoshimasa Uchiyama, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Inti-sol~commonswiki assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: florawhite, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

More in Leontopodium

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.