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

Highland cudweed (Asteraceae / Compositae)

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Synonym | Gnaphalium norvegicum Gunnerus

Gnaphalium norvegicum is an Arctic–Alpine plant that differs from Gnaphalium sylvaticum in its three-veined leaves, and the crowding of its flower-heads towards the top of the stem; a few dozen populations live in the Scottish Highlands.

Isère (38), France; 2017-07-12

 Highland cudweed / Omalotheca norvegica: _Gnaphalium norvegicum_ is an Arctic–Alpine plant that differs from _Gnaphalium sylvaticum_ in its three-veined leaves, and the crowding of its flower-heads towards the top of the stem; a few dozen populations live in the Scottish Highlands.

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