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Omalotheca norvegica (Gunnerus) Sch. Bip. & F. W. Schultz

Highland cudweed (Asteraceae / Compositae)

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Synonym | Gnaphalium norvegicum Gunnerus

Omalotheca norvegica is an Arctic–Alpine plant that differs from Omalotheca sylvatica in its 3-veined leaves and the crowding of its flower-heads towards the stem tip; some populations live in the Scottish Highlands.

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 Highland cudweed / Omalotheca norvegica: _Omalotheca norvegica_ is an <a href="aa.html">Arctic–Alpine</a> plant that differs from _Omalotheca sylvatica_ in its 3-veined leaves and the crowding of its flower-heads towards the stem tip; some populations live in the Scottish Highlands.

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