Omalotheca norvegica, synonym Gnaphalium norvegicum, is a European species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is known as the highland cudweed or Norwegian arctic cudweed. It is native to eastern Canada and Greenland, and widespread across much of Eurasia from the Mediterranean north to Finland and Iceland and east to Siberia.Altervista Flora Italiana, Canapicchia norvegese, Gnaphalium norvegicum Gunnerus includes photos and European distribution mapTela Botanica, Gnaphalium norvegicum Gunnerus in French with photos and French distribution map
Omalotheca norvegica is similar to Omalotheca sylvatica, 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.
In Great Britain, 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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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