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Leontopodium nivale, commonly called edelweiss (English: / ˈ eɪ d əl v aɪ s / ⓘ AY-dəl-vyce; German: Edelweiß [ˈeːdl̩vaɪs] ⓘ or Alpen-Edelweiß), is a mountain flower belonging to the daisy or sunflower family Asteraceae. The plant prefers rocky limestone places at about 1,800–3,400 metres (5,900–11,200 ft) altitude.
Edelweiss flower, Leontopodium alpinum "Edelweiss" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.It is named after the edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale), a white flower found high in the Alps.
The Edelweiss was an international express train.For most of its existence, it linked the Netherlands with Switzerland, via Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Introduced in 1928, it was named after a mountain flower, the Edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale), which is associated with alpinism and the Alps, and regarded as a symbol of Switzerland.
Leontopodium is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to Europe and Asia . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The fuzzy and somewhat stocky "petals" (technically, bracts ) could be thought of as somewhat resembling lions' paws—hence the genus name combining Greek léōn ('lion') and pódion ('foot').
The national flower of Switzerland is edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale). [citation needed] Turkey. The national flower of Turkey is the tulip. [citation needed] Ukraine
During World War II, Italy regularly mounted cannons on portee trucks. Also, permanent installation of guns on trucks and armored cars were done on ad-hoc basis, therefore many self-propelled guns had no official name besides descriptive type of truck plus type of cannon. Below is the grossly incomplete list of these self-propelled weapons.
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Founded in 1952, the garden is devoted to cultivation and study of some 300 species indigenous mountainous plants, including rare and endangered plant species, among them Vaccinium gaultherioides, Yellow Gentiana (Gentiana lutea), Edelweiss of the Apennines (Leontopodium nivale), and Adonis distorta, all plants that have adapted to Campo ...