Gnaphalium norvegicum

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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

Gnaphalium norvegicum, is 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.

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References

  1. Rose, Francis (1981). The Wild Flower Key. Frederick Warne & Co. pp. 377–380. ISBN 0-7232-2419-6. 
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