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Leontopodium nivale, commonly called edelweiss (lit. 'noble white') (English: AY-dəl-vyss; 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. It is a non-toxic plant. Its leaves and flowers are covered with dense hairs, which appear to protect the plant from cold, aridity, and ultraviolet radiation. The filamentary wool (tomentum) has sub-micrometer internal structure that contributes to scattering and absorption of

Centaurium pulchellum is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common name lesser centaury, or slender centaury. It differs from Centaurium erythraea by lacking basal rosette of leaves and by having a developed peduncle below the flowers. It is often much smaller, less than ten centimetres. It is native to the southern temperate parts of Europe.

Euonymus fortunei, the spindle, Fortune's spindle, winter creeper or wintercreeper, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, native to east Asia, including China, Korea, the Philippines and Japan. E. fortunei is highly invasive and damaging in the United States, causing the death of trees and forest in urban areas.

Rhoiptelea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Juglandaceae. It contains a single species, Rhoiptelea chiliantha, commonly known as the horsetail tree. This genus was previously recognized in its own family, Rhoipteleaceae, but the APG III system of 2009 placed it in the Juglandaceae family. Rhoiptelea chiliantha is native to southwest China and north Vietnam and lives at the elevation of 700-1600m in mountainous areas. The trees are wind-pollinated, the flowers arranged in large sagged panicles usually 32 cm long like horse tails, and the fruit is a small botanical nut

Pinus fenzeliana commonly known as the Hainan white pine or Fenzel's pine, is a tree endemic to the island of Hainan off southern China. This pine reaches heights of 20 m with a trunk 1 m in diameter.

Hopea chinensis is a species of medium-sized tree (15–20 metres (49–66 ft) tall) in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in southern China (S and SW Guangxi and S and SE Yunnan) and northern Vietnam. It grows in tropical and subtropical lowland and montane moist evergreen forests. Hopea chinensis is an endangered species threatened by exploitation of its durable timber. In China it is under first-class national protection. It also produces hopeachinols C and D.

Alnus mandshurica is a species of Alnus from China.

Quercus jenseniana is an Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It is native to southern China, found in the Provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Zhejiang. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus jenseniana is a large tree up to 35 meters tall. Leaves can be as much as 30 cm long.

Murdannia keisak, the marsh dewflower, is an annual, emergent plant in the family Commelinaceae. It is known by several other common names, including aneilema, wart-removing herb, Asian spiderwort, and marsh dayflower. The alternate-leaved plant has succulent, prostrate stems 12 to 20 inches long, and forms new roots at the lower nodes. Three-petaled, perfect flowers, white to bluish-purple or pink, are found in the upper leaf axils and at the ends of stems. The fruit is a capsule with several small seeds. A plant of freshwater marshes and the edges of ponds and streams, Murdannia keisak is

Allium ovalifolium is a Chinese species of onion widely cultivated as an ornamental in other regions. It grows at elevations of 1500–4000 m. The Tibetan people of Shangri-La and nearby areas eat its scapes. Allium ovalifolium produces narrow cylindrical bulbs. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, lanceolate to ovate, up to 15 cm long by 7 cm wide. Umbel is spherical, densely crowded with many white or pale red flowers. Varieties Allium ovalifolium var. cordifolium (J.M.Xu) J.M.Xu - Sichuan Allium ovalifolium var. leuconeurum J.M.Xu - Sichuan Allium ovalifolium

Zelkova schneideriana, the Chinese zelkova (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Ulmaceae. It is found in southeastern Tibet, and central and southern China, usually alongside streams. A fast-growing deciduous tree with attractive exfoliating bark, it can reach 35 m (115 ft) tall and have a DBH of 80 cm (31 in). Although highly resistant to honey fungus, it can still (rarely) be afflicted with Dutch elm disease.

Taraxacum mongolicum, commonly known as Mongolian dandelion or Chinese dandelion, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a perennial herb native to temperate regions of East Asia, including China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and parts of eastern Russia. The plant typically grows between 8 and 25 cm tall, producing a basal rosette of lobed green leaves and solitary yellow flower heads on hollow, hairy stems. It is commonly found in disturbed habitats such as grasslands, roadsides, and cultivated areas, and reproduces primarily through agamospermy. The species has

Prunus bucharica is a species of wild almond native to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, preferring to grow at 1000-1800 m above sea level. Long thought to be one of the wild species that contributed to the origin of the cultivated almond (Prunus dulcis), genetic testing of both nuclear and chloroplast DNA has shown that to be untrue; the closest relative (and presumed lone ancestor) of Prunus dulcis is Prunus fenzliana.

Diplopanax is a genus of flowering trees placed in the family Cornaceae or Nyssaceae. Its two known extant species inhabit the wet tropical mountains of Vietnam and southern China. They are broad-leaved evergreen trees with woody fruits and white or yellow flowers. Diplopanax was originally described from only one species, D. stachyanthus, and placed in the family Araliaceae, but this species was later discovered to be congeneric with Mastixicarpum, a genus of flowering plants known only from fossils and assumed extinct since the Pliocene. (This makes Mastixicarpum an example of a Lazarus

Camphora septentrionalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae, native to central China. A commercially important timber tree, it is also used as a street tree in a number of Chinese cities.

Acer fenzelianum is an Asian species of maple. It has been found only in Yunnan and Vietnam. Acer fenzelianum is a tree up to 20 meters tall with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, moderately thick and slightly leathery, usually with 3 lobes, the central lobe much larger than the 2 small flanking lobes.

Sorbus poteriifolia is a species of rowan native to south-central China and northern Myanmar. It is a shrub found at 3000 to 4000 m above sea level. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.

Sorbus oligodonta, also known as the kite-leaf rowan and white-fruited rowan, is a species of rowan found from the eastern Himalaya to south-central China, northern Vietnam and Myanmar.

Salvia evansiana (the Snow Mountain sage) is a perennial plant that is native to Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in China, found growing on alpine meadows, hillsides, and forests at elevations from 3,400 to 4,300 m (11,200 to 14,100 ft). It has erect stems growing 13 to 45 cm (5.1 to 17.7 in) tall, with ovate to triangular-ovate leaves that are 2 to 11 cm (0.79 to 4.33 in) long and 1 to 11 cm (0.39 to 4.33 in) wide. Inflorescences are racemes or panicles that are 10 to 20 cm (3.9 to 7.9 in) long, with a straight corolla that is 2.6 to 3.5 cm (1.0 to 1.4 in) long. There are two varieties, with

Quercus pannosa is a species of oak native to south-central China. An evergreen tree or shrub, it is found at very high elevations, flourishing at up to 4,270 metres (14,010 feet) above sea level. It is classified in subgenus Cerris, section Ilex.

Firmiana major is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in China, in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Camphora glaucescens (Nepali:सुगन्धकोकिला, Sugandhakokila) is an evergreen tree native to Bangadesh, Bhutan, northeastern India (including Sikkim, Manipur, and the Khasi Hills), and Nepal in the Indian Subcontinent, and to Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam in Indochina. The pericarp of the fruits can be distilled for an essential oil, sugandha kokila oil, which is used in perfumery and traditional medicine. This species is diploid and can grow to an elevation of 1,300 m (4,300 ft). Cinnamomum glaucescens is recognized as an aromatic plant, meaning it has an elevated level of essential oil.

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Schnabelia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1921. The entire genus is endemic to China. Species Below are species currently placed in the genus by the World Checklist. Names used by Flora of China are in parentheses. Schnabelia aureoglandulosa (Vaniot) P.D.Cantino (= Caryopteris aureoglandulosa (Vaniot) C. Y. Wu) - Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan Schnabelia nepetifolia (Benth.) P.D.Cantino (= Caryopteris nepetifolia (Benth.) Maxim) - Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang Schnabelia oligophylla Hand.-Mazz. - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi,

Salix delavayana is a shrub or small tree from the genus willow (Salix) with mostly 3 to 8 centimeters long leaf blades. The natural range of the species is in the south of China and in Tibet.

Salix coggygria is a low shrub in the willow genus Salix with 1.5 to 4.5 centimeter-long leaf blades. The natural range of the species is in China.

Salix clathrata is a prostrate shrub in the willow genus Salix with spread, heavily branched branches. The leaf blades have lengths of 1.5 to rarely 3 centimeters. The natural range of the species is in China.

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