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

Gnaphalium norvegicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
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 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.[7]

References

External links

• Media related to Gamochaeta norvegica at Wikimedia Commons
• Den Virtuella floran, Norsknoppa, Gnaphalium norvegicum Gunnerus in Swedish with photos
• Botanik im Bild, Flora von Österreich, Gnaphalium norvegicum (Omalotheca norvegica) photos with captions in German

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