Omalotheca norvegica, (Gunn.) Schultz Bip. & F. W. Schultz

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 126

2. O. norvegica (Gunn.) Schultz Bip. & F. W. Schultz , loc. cit. (1861)

( Gnaphalium norvegicum Gunn. ).

Plant more or less whitish-floccose-tomentose, usually with 1 non-flowering shoot. Stem (5-)15-30(-40) cm. Leaves 5-12 x 0-4-1 - 8 cm, lanceolate, few, 3(-5)-veined, patent, tomentose on both surfaces, the basal with petiole about as long as the lamina. Inflorescence occupying 0.1-0.25 of the length of the stem, compact, its subtending leaves as long as or longer than the inflorescence. Capitula 6-7 mm. Involucral bracts subelliptical, the inner shorter than the florets. Florets 3 - 5 mm, the female 35-45. Achenes 1 - 5 mm, hispid; pappus up to 4 mm, white. In = 56. Woods, heaths and grassland', only on mountains except in the north. Europe, southwards to the Pyrenees, Alps, Bulgaria and C. Ural. Al Au Br Bu Cz Fe Ga Ge He Hs Is It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, C, W) Su.