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Edelweiss

Leontopodium alpinum

Photo by Purplwitch
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Dan Doucette
Cool, I've never seen Edelweiss. I have Brazilian Edelweiss (Sinningia leucotricha) in my indoor plant collection but it looks much different. Apparently it was named after this due to the silver hairs on its leaves.
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PublishedJune 26, 2011

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