Leontopodium nanum or pusillum?

[Corrado & Rina]

Dear all,

Here is the picture of a Leontopodium which has just flowered, unfortunately the label was lost during the last house move 



It can be either nanum or pusillum (the two labels that were lost), most likely pusillum. Anyone who could identify with more precision?

Best Regards

Corrado

[Lesley Cox]

A wonderfully compact form. Please show us when the flowers are fully out.

[Corrado & Rina]

A wonderfully compact form. Please show us when the flowers are fully out.

Flower completely out now





Any help about it being nanum or pusillum?

[Corrado & Rina]

A wonderfully compact form. Please show us when the flowers are fully out.

[Lesley Cox]

Ahhh. Thank you Corrado and Rina. Very nice it is too with the almost stemless flowers. I was worried they may have elongated as they matured. Having said that, please forgive me for a little complaint - or perhaps a disappointment. I thought the flowers would have been whiter like a snowy, newborn lamb. The lamb looks a little bit grubby.

[Leucogenes]

Hello Corrado & Rina,

It is very difficult to distinguish small Leontopodium species. There are probably also some species in Asia which are not yet discovered or described. There are also local differences of the same kind.
My tendency is with your plant to L. pusillium. When my wakes from the winter sleep I will try to compare.

In any case you should reap the seeds and try to multiply ... It is a very beautiful specimen.

Best regards Thomas

[Corrado & Rina]

Ahhh. Thank you Corrado and Rina. Very nice it is too with the almost stemless flowers. I was worried they may have elongated as they matured. Having said that, please forgive me for a little complaint - or perhaps a disappointment. I thought the flowers would have been whiter like a snowy, newborn lamb. The lamb looks a little bit grubby.

Ops .... possibly my fault, I forgot to take a picture whilst they were at their whitest (and hey were very white)! 

Best,

Corrado