Asteraceae
Omalotheca

Omalotheca norvegica (Gunnerus) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip.

First published in Arch. Fl. 2: 311 (1861)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Siberia and Xinjiang, E. Canada to Greenland. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Québec, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Gamochaeta norvegica.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2023 Breman, E.; McCabe, S.; Johnson, N.; Weststrand, S.; Aronsson, M. [EB23007] Sweden Gnaphalium norvegicum K009000888 No
Ruprecht, F.J.I. [s.n.] Gnaphalium norvegicum K002393540 Yes
Polatschek, A. [s.n.] Austria Gnaphalium norvegicum K002870675 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Armenia Gnaphalium norvegicum K002393538 Yes
Schrenk, A.G. [s.n.] Gnaphalium norvegicum K002393561 Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] Gnaphalium norvegicum K002393562 Yes
s.coll. [307] Gnaphalium norvegicum K002393539 Yes
[Andrejeff]; [Mardefkin] [s.n.] Gnaphalium norvegicum K002393560 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images