Date of issue: October 13, 2007.
This kind of edelweiss counts about 30 sorts, 2 from these grow in Kazakhstan. Latin name of sort took place from Greek words "lion" and "pad" and is given to plant because of similarity white – woolly inflorescence with lion forepaw. Leontopodium is a genus of plants in the daisy family, which includes edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum), a well-known plant from the mountains of Europe. The term edelweiss can, more rarely, refer to other members of the genus. The genus contains about 30 species, native to Europe and Asia (and perhaps the Americas).