Description

*The flowers can grow to a size of 3 - 20 cm.

*The leaves appear woolly because of the covering of white hairs.

*The flowers are felted and woolly with white hairs, with characteristic bloom consisting of five to six small yellow flower heads (0.5 cm) surrounded by leaflets in star form.

*The flowers are in bloom between July and September.

*Edelweiss can be found on rocky lawns, limestone rocks, and meadows (more rarely). It is unequally distributed and prefers rocky limestone places at 2000 - 2900 m altitude.

*Originating in Asia, Edelweiss can be found on high mountains in Europe, Asia, and South America, in the Pyrenees, Alps and Carpathian Mountains.

*It is not toxic.

Edelweiss is a protected plant in many countries, including Switzerland, Slovenia (since 1898) and Romania (since 1933).

It usually grows in inaccessible places, which is why it is associated in Slovenia with mountaineering. Its white colour is considered in Switzerland a symbol of purity and due to its beauty, it got its Romanian name, floarea reginei (Queen's flower).

中国人对雪绒花的了解大都来自影片《音乐之声》，片中插曲《雪绒花》已在全世界流行，并被称为奥地利的非正式国歌。

　　在影片《音乐之声》中，《雪绒花》的旋律多次响起。当拒绝为纳粹服务的上校，准备冒险带全家离去时，他为家乡的父老乡亲献上的，还是那首他最喜爱的雪绒花。但一曲未了，歌喉已哽咽。爱妻玛丽亚默契地接唱下去，并带动全场观众加入大合唱，把全片推向最令人心潮澎湃的感人高潮。

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