Basically, worshipping Ludwig von Mises and/or Leontopodium alpinum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maine GOP Platform Hijacked By Tea Party: 'The Inmates... Are Running The Asylum' (VIDEO)] Reference

Kobresia macracantha, Anaphalis lactea and Leontopodium dedekensii mixed above 3,800 m with alpine meadows which are dominated by the sedge Kobresia macracantha and form the only vegetation above 3,900 m.    From Wordnik.com.  [Huanglong National Scenic Area, China] Reference

Primary plant species include pine (Pinus silvestris), aspen (Populus tremuls), and edelweiss (Leontopodium ochroleucum) in lower parts of the range, while at higher altitudes above the tree line low schrubs and herbs, sedges, grasses, mosses, and algae and lichens can be found.    From Wordnik.com.  [Khangai Mountains alpine meadow] Reference

Some cushion plants and woolly alpine forbs like Leontopodium, Saussurea, Arenaria bryophylla, and Thylacospermum caespitosum also grow here and owe their distinctive morphology to the rigors of the alpine environment, including a short growing season, persistent winds, high potential evapotranspiration, and intense solar radiation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe] Reference

In association with the shrub complex are a variety of herbs such as Gentiana prolata, G. stellata, edelweiss Leontopodium stracheyi, Codonopsis thalictrifolia, Thalictrum chelidonii, lilies Lilium nepalense and Notholirion macrophyllum, Fritillaria cirrhosa and primroses, Primula denticulata, P. atrodentata, P. wollastonii and P. sikkimensis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal] Reference

+ (1) the Alpine region, limited to the higher parts of the Alps and of the Apennines, between the highest line of forest vegetation and the lowest line of perpetual snows; characteristic of it are the edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum), the rhododendron and the Alpine grasses of the reed (Cyperaceœ), the rush and the clover variety.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent] Reference

Leontopodium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference

The herbs that lend springtime color to the alpine meadows include hundreds of species from genera such as Alchemilla, Androsace, Primula, Diapensia, Impatiens, Draba, Anemone, Gentiana, Leontopodium, Meconopsis, Saxifraga, Sedum, Saussurea, Rhododendron, Potentilla, Pedicularis, and Viola.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows] Reference

These are very extensive, especially in the eastern part of the Tian Shan and support, beside the sedge Kobresia and Carex, various alpine forbs like Papaver nudicaule, Arenaria formosa, Potentilla nervosa, Aster alpinus, Leontopodium ochroleucum and numerous species of Gentiana, Androsace, Saxifrage, and Ranunculus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows] Reference