Omalotheca supina

(Linnaeus) de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 245. 1838.

Common names: Alpine Arctic-cudweed gnaphale couché
Basionym: Gnaphalium supinum Linnaeus Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 3: 234. 1768
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 439. Mentioned on page 58, 387.

Plants 2–8(–12) cm. Leaves mostly basal (in persistent rosettes); blades 1-nerved, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 5–25 × 3 mm, cauline similar, faces concolor, gray-green, thinly woolly. Heads (usually 1–7) in subcapitate to loose, spiciform arrays. Involucres campanulate, 5–6 mm. Phyllaries light green to tan, oblong to lanceolate, outer obtuse, inner mostly acute, margins and tips dark brown. Cypselae obovoid, strigose; pappus bristles distinct, falling separately. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Granite outcrops, gravelly slopes, other alpine sites
Elevation: 200–1300 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Nfld. and Labr., Que., Maine, N.H., Vt., Europe, Asia (Caucasus, Iran).

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Guy L. Nesom +
(Linnaeus) de Candolle +
Gnaphalium supinum +
Alpine Arctic-cudweed +  and gnaphale couché +
Greenland +, Nfld. and Labr. +, Que. +, Maine +, N.H. +, Vt. +, Europe +, Asia (Caucasus +  and Iran). +
200–1300 m +
Granite outcrops, gravelly slopes, other alpine sites +
Flowering Jul–Sep. +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
Compositae +
Omalotheca supina +
Omalotheca +
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