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- Dryas octopetala (category Alpine flora)names include mountain avens, white dryas, and white dryad) is an arctic-alpine flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a small prostrate evergreen...3 KB (335 words) - 11:53, 15 September 2009
- Cerastium arcticum (category Alpine flora)two together. Petals deeply notched and considerably longer than sepals. Flora of Svalbard...1 KB (81 words) - 04:49, 19 August 2007
- Crowberry (category Alpine flora)and plain looking. The fruit is a fairly dry black berry, smaller than the alpine bearberry, but with somewhat better flavour, and looks similar to a blueberry...4 KB (471 words) - 15:43, 10 October 2007
- Coltsfoot (category Alpine flora)Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) is a plant in the family Asteraceae. It has been used medicinally as a cough suppressant. The name "tussilago" itself means...3 KB (261 words) - 05:39, 3 October 2007
- Edelweiss (category Alpine flora)Edelweiss was granted to the German alpine troops, for their bravery. Today it's still the sign of the Austrian and German alpine troops. Edelweiss was a badge...5 KB (653 words) - 07:21, 8 October 2007
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea (redirect from Alpine cranberry)expanding it. Interactive Flora of Northwest Europe: Vaccinium vitis-idaea USDA Plants Profile: Vaccinium vitis-idaea Flora of North America: Vaccinium...6 KB (436 words) - 22:01, 2 July 2010
- Tsuga mertensiana (redirect from Alpine hemlock)Descriptions of the Genera. Koeltz Scientific Books ISBN 3-87429-298-3. Flora of North America: Tsuga mertensiana Gymnosperm Database: Tsuga mertensiana...7 KB (716 words) - 16:00, 4 May 2010
- Abies lasiocarpa (redirect from Alpine fir)composition, and in the fresh leaf scars being yellow-brown, not reddishwp. The Flora of North America treats it as a distinct species (see external links, below);...6 KB (718 words) - 17:15, 27 June 2010
- Nothofagus gunnii (category Flora of Tasmania)Australia, where it is the only winter-deciduous plant. It grows in alpine and sub-alpine regions. It rarely exceeds 2 m in height. The leaves are simple and...2 KB (261 words) - 05:00, 11 October 2007
- species such as most dewberries, or various low-growing boreal, arctic, or alpine species. The genus Rubus is believed to have existed since at least 23.7...31 KB (366 words) - 19:13, 30 December 2009
- though unlike Engelmann Spruce in the same area, it does not reach the alpine tree-line. It is most commonly found growing along stream sides in mountain...6 KB (437 words) - 21:48, 30 May 2011
- the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Salix arctica Flora Europaea: Salix arctica Template:PDFlink Jepson Flora: Salix arctica w:Arctic Willow. Some of the material...4 KB (311 words) - 16:34, 7 May 2010
- Bog Labrador Tea (category Flora of Asia)in the west. It grows in bogs and on wet shores, and sometimes on rocky alpine slopes. For its traditional uses in herbal medicine, see Labrador Tea. Peterson...2 KB (206 words) - 06:18, 26 September 2007
- The alpine snowbell or blue moonwort, Soldanella alpina, is a member of the Primulaceae native to the Alps and Pyrenees. photo 1 photo 1 photo 2 photo...2 KB (78 words) - 19:32, 2 June 2010
- the upper-side of the leaves, quickly causing defoliation. Aster alpinus (Alpine Aster) Aster amellus (European Michaelmas Daisy or Italian Aster) Aster...11 KB (455 words) - 10:45, 28 January 2010
- used to refer to any plant grown in a rock garden. Alpine plants are often grown in rock gardens and Alpine houses....16 KB (39 words) - 19:58, 12 January 2010
- Bearberry (category Flora of Canada)gathered for food. The leaves of the plant are used in herbal medicine. Alpine Bearberry - A. alpina (L.) Spreng (syn. Arctous alpinus (L.) Niedenzu)....7 KB (892 words) - 15:02, 7 October 2007
- Fargesia is a genus of medium to small mountain clumping bamboos, found in alpine conifer forests of East Asia. They are known in Chinese as jian zhu (Template:Zh)...2 KB (241 words) - 17:12, 21 July 2010
- Cymbopogon (category Flora of Australia)nervous system. It is also sometimes used as a weed barrier. One particular alpine grassland variant known as juzai is a staple of Kyrgyz, Dungan and Uyghur...6 KB (589 words) - 16:50, 19 August 2009
- diversity is in eastern Asia, with 352 species accepted in China alone by the Flora of China (not detailed here; see external links for details). The common...7 KB (395 words) - 17:25, 20 January 2010