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A list of county flowers of Norway. County Image Norwegian name Scientific name; Akershus: Hepatica nobilis: Blåveis: Hepatica nobilis: Aust-Agder: Lonicera ...
However, a branch of the Gulf Stream sweeping up the coast of North Norway provides a moderating influence, and the climate of Tromsø is one of relatively mild winters (January average −4.4 °C (24.1 °F)) and cool summers (July average 11.7 °C (53.1 °F)). [2] The season in the Botanic Garden is usually from end of May until mid October. [2]
The native flora of Norway According to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions this excludes Svalbard . See Category:Flora of Svalbard .
For an island so far north, this number of species constitutes an astonishing variety of plant life. Because of the harsh climate and the short growing season, all the plants are slow growing. They seldom grow higher than 10 cm (4 in) In some areas, especially in warmer valleys, the plants produce carpets of blossoms.
The leaves and stems are brewed for herbal tea: According to many Nunavummiut, the tea is best later in the season once the flowers have died. [6] Saxifraga oppositifolia serves as the territorial flower of Nunavut in Canada, [6] a symbolic flower of Nordland county in Norway, and the county flower of County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
Crocus (/ ˈ k r oʊ k ə s /; plural: crocuses or croci) is a genus of seasonal flowering plants in the family Iridaceae (iris family) comprising about 100 species of perennials growing from corms. They are low growing plants, whose flower stems remain underground, that bear relatively large white, yellow, orange or purple flowers and then ...
November's birth flowers are the chrysanthemum and the peony. Peonies come in a range of colors, like pink, white, red, and yellow, and bloom in late spring to early summer.
The leaves are under 1 cm long, with a few shallow teeth on the upper half. The perennial stems of Linnaea borealis are slender, pubescent, and prostrate, growing to 20–40 centimetres (8– 15 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, with opposite evergreen rounded oval leaves 3–10 millimetres (1 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 8 in) long and 2–7 mm (1 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 4 in) broad.