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Draba sp.

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Description:

Small (10 cm high) solitary herb with basal leaves and two leaves on the flowering stem. All leaves are covered with white hairs. There are 8 species in the Genus Draba in Iceland. This one almost fits the description for D. norvegiva, but the flower here is single rather than a raceme.Help with further ID appreciated.

Habitat:

Open, rocky soil, with little vegetation apart from moss. Mountain side.

Notes:

See:
http://svalbardflora.net/index.php?id=144
http://www.iceland-nh.net/plants/data/Draba-norvegica/draba_norvegica.h…

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Comments (2)
DanielePralong
Thanks Jemma, I'm glad you enjoy seeing them. I still have an folder full of them; I'm almost done with the ones which are relatively easy to ID and left with the small cryptic ones :-)
HemaShah
lovely!! Nice to see flowers from Iceland!

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Flowers of Europe
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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The Biodiversity of Iceland

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PublishedSeptember 11, 2013

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