Draba lactea
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Draba lactea is a flower common throughout the high Arctic. It stretches further south in mountainous areas of Norway
and Canada
.
The plant is 2-5 cm tall, and caespitose. The flower stems are glabrous. The leaves
have stellate hairs on the surface and simple hairs at the margins. The flowers are pure white, and many flowers on each stem.
The Draba species are found on dry as well as moist localities. Most of the species have a circumpolar distribution, but there is considerable variation within this group.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
The plant is 2-5 cm tall, and caespitose. The flower stems are glabrous. The leaves
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....
have stellate hairs on the surface and simple hairs at the margins. The flowers are pure white, and many flowers on each stem.
The Draba species are found on dry as well as moist localities. Most of the species have a circumpolar distribution, but there is considerable variation within this group.