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Leontopodium alpinum Cass.

Flora Europaea the original Linnean specimens classified as Gnaphalium alpinum L.           A rather frequent subalpine-alpine saxicole calciphile species. In fact, it is a cold steppe element from Central Asia. Piatra Craiului massif, Pietricica peak, Brasov county, July 2010. Bogdan Iuliu Hurdu, PhD student, hurdesbi@yahoo.com Ceahlau mountainous massif, Neamt county, July 2004. dr. Rakosy Laszlo, laszlorakosy@hasdeu.ubbcluj.ro