''Omalotheca norvegica'',
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''Gnaphalium norvegicum'', is a European species of plants in the family
Asteraceae
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[ It is known as the highland cudweed] or Norwegian arctic cudweed. It is native
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to eastern Canada and Greenland, and widespread across much of Eurasia
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from the Mediterranean
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north to Finland
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and Iceland
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and east to Siberia
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.[Tela Botanica, ''Gnaphalium norvegicum'' Gunnerus ]
in French with photos and French distribution map
''Omalotheca norvegica'' is similar to ''Omalotheca sylvatica
''Omalotheca sylvatica'', synonyms including ''Gnaphalium sylvaticum'', is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is commonly known as heath cudweed, wood cudweed, golden motherwort, chafeweed, owl's crown, and woodland arctic cudweed. ...
'', 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.
In Great Britain
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, it is a rare plant found in central Scotland
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and in the northern highlands, found on acidic mountain rocks. It flowers July to August.
References
External links
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Den Virtuella floran, Norsknoppa, ''Gnaphalium norvegicum'' Gunnerus
in Swedish with photos
photos with captions in German
{{Taxonbar, from1=Q15573537, from2=Q261051
Gnaphalieae
Plants described in 1772
Taxa named by Johan Ernst Gunnerus
Flora of Eastern Canada
Flora of Europe
Flora of Greenland
Flora of temperate Asia