Gnaphalium norvegicum

Gnaphalium norvegicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Gnaphalium
Species: G. norvegicum
Binomial name
Gnaphalium norvegicum
Gunnerus
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Gamochaeta norvegica (Gunnerus) Gren.
  • Gamochaeta norvegica (Gunnerus) Y.S. Chen & R.J. Bayer
  • Omalotheca norvegica (Gunnerus) Sch. Bip. & F.W. Schultz
  • Synchaeta norvegica (Gunnerus) Kirp.
  • Gnaphalium fuscatum Pers.
  • Gnaphalium fuscum Lam. 1788 non Scop. 1772
  • Gnaphalium medium Vill.

Gnaphalium norvegicum, the highland cudweed[3] or Norwegian arctic cudweed,[4] is a European species of plants in the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of Europe from the Mediterranean north to Finland and Iceland.[5][6]

Gnaphalium norvegicum similar to Gnaphalium sylvaticum, heath cudweed. However it is 8 to 30 cm tall, the leaves are 3 veined, and all roughly equal in length. The leaves are also wooly/hairy on both sides.

It is a rare plant found in central Scotland and in the northern highlands, found on acidic mountain rocks. It flowers July to August.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Gnaphalium norvegicum Gunnerus
  2. ↑ The Plant List, Gnaphalium norvegicum Gunnerus
  3. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ↑ "Omalotheca norvegica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Canapicchia norvegese, Gnaphalium norvegicum Gunnerus includes photos and European distribution map
  6. ↑ Tela Botanica, Gnaphalium norvegicum Gunnerus in French with photos and French distribution map
  7. ↑ Rose, Francis (1981). The Wild Flower Key. Frederick Warne & Co. pp. 377–380. ISBN 0-7232-2419-6.
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