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Edelweiss Flower Origin. Says the curator of the Edelweiss - Myths and Paradoxes. National exhibition which was on display in 2011 in Geneva. Reinwardt conducted an expedition to Indonesia in 1819. It grows in the mountainous areas of Switzerland Slovenia and Austria.
Edelweiss is a white flower with woolly star-shaped petals. This wildflower is in the daisy family and grows high in the Alps. In 1785 an Austrian naturalist Karl von Moll named the flower Edelweiss in one of his studies. National exhibition which was on display in 2011 in Geneva. The edelweiss flower or Leontopodium alpinum is a cherished symbol in Austria and Switzerland where it has long been prominent in folklore and popular sentiment. Edel noble and wei.
For that reason it was used as a symbol by the Nazis.
It is a symbol of Switzerland but also of Alpine Germany and Austria. Edelweiss grows well in light soil that have good drainage and grow best in areas with a Southern exposure. According to the history Edelweiss flower is first found by German naturalist named Georg Carl Reinwardt. The edelweiss a delicate mountain flower with furry white petals is so strongly associated with the Alps it is hard to believe it originated in the Himalayas and Siberia. Edelweiss flower contains stevioside and rebaudioside A in its leaves next to 6 other glycosides. Notably one youth resistance group that fought back against the Nazis was known as the Edelweiss Pirates.