Panarctic Flora

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861001 Omalotheca sylvatica (L.) Sch.Bip. & F.W. Schultz

Distribution

Northern Iceland: Scattered
Northern Fennoscandia: Persistent (Adventive)
Kanin - Pechora: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

2n= 56 58 (8x). - Europe, Russia, Far East (S). - Numerous reports.

Geography: Amphi-Atlantic - European - Asian (W): ICE NOR* (RUS).

Notes: Korobkov: It is not certain that Omalotheca sylvatica reaches the Borderline Arctic in the southern Bolshezemelskaya Tundra in European Russia.

Elven and Solstad: We found O. sylvatica in 2007 as an established road verge weed at the arctic boundary in Tana-Berlevåg in Finnmark, Norway. We have also confirmed presence in the arctic parts of Iceland.

Higher Taxa