Omalotheca norvegica

(Gunnerus) Schultz-Bipontinus & F. W. Schultz in F. W. Schultz

in F. W. Schultz, Arch. Fl., 311. 1861.

Common names: Norwegian Arctic-cudweed gnaphale de Norvège
Basionym: Gnaphalium norvegicum Gunnerus Fl. Norveg. 2: 105. 1772
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 439.

Plants 10–40 cm. Leaves basal and cauline, basal petiolate, blades 3-nerved, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 5–12 cm × 6–30 mm, distal cauline slightly smaller, oblanceolate, faces concolor or weakly bicolor, grayish, thinly woolly. Heads (10–60+) in compact, spiciform (leafy-bracteate, sometimes interrupted) arrays (1.5–14 cm, occupying 1/8–1/4 of plant heights, primary-axes usually not visible). Involucres cylindro-campanulate, 5.5–6 mm. Phyllaries brown to reddish-brown with narrow pale center and base. Cypselae cylindric, minutely strigose; pappus bristles basally connate, falling together. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Wet or peaty slopes, alpine and subalpine meadows, cliff ledges, rocky slopes
Elevation: 400–1300 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Nfld. and Labr., Que., Europe

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Omalotheca norvegica"
white +  and gray +
greenish;white;grayish +
glabrate +, sericeous +  and thinly woolly +
truncate-penicillate;truncate +
scarious +
mostly ovate +  and lanceovate or linear +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
(Gunnerus) Schultz-Bipontinus & F. W. Schultz in F. W. Schultz +
cuneate +
Gnaphalium norvegicum +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
oblanceolate;lanceolate;oblanceolate +
smaller +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
5-ribbed +, 3-ribbed +  and 2-ribbed +
muriculate +, papillate +  and smooth +
connate +  and distinct +
Norwegian Arctic-cudweed +  and gnaphale de Norvège +
actinomorphic +
reddish +, purplish +  and whitish +
cylindric +
Greenland +, Nfld. and Labr. +, Que. +  and Europe +
400–1300 m +
grayish;bicolor;concolor +
papillate +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Wet or peaty slopes, alpine and subalpine meadows, cliff ledges, rocky slopes +
singly +  and aggregated +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
cylindro-campanulate +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
basal +  and cauline +
rarely lanceovate +  and lanceolate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering Jul–Sep. +
in F. W. Schultz, Arch. Fl., +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;concave +
exalbuminous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Compositae +
Omalotheca norvegica +
Omalotheca +
species +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +