Panarctic Flora

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863501 Centaurea montana L.

Distribution

Northern Iceland: Persistent (Adventive)
Northern Fennoscandia: Persistent (Adventive)
Shrub Tundra: Persistent (Adventive)
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Persistent (Adventive)

2n= (1) 24. - Reported from Germany, see Keil and Ochsmann (2006).
(2) 40. - Reported from Russia, see Keil and Ochsmann (2006).
(3) 44. - Reported from France, see Guinochet (1957), Keil and Ochsmann (2006).

Geography: European: ICE* NOR*.

Notes: Centaurea montana is an escaped garden ornamental persisting (probably by vegetative means) in Nordkapp (in the Arctic) and Vadsø (in the Borderline Arctic) in Norway and most probably in Siglufjördur (in the Arctic, AMNH) in Iceland.

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