Cochlearia groenlandica

Cochlearia groenlandica, known in English as Danish scurvygrass[1] or Greenland scurvy-grass, is a flowering plant of the genus Cochlearia in the family Brassicaceae.

Cochlearia groenlandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cochlearia
Species:
C. groenlandica
Binomial name
Cochlearia groenlandica

Cochlearia groenlandica grows as a solitary plants, the size of the individual plants varying between 1–2 centimetres (0.39–0.79 in) to 15–20 centimetres (5.9–7.9 in) in diameter. The flowers are white or pale violet and 3–6 millimetres (0.12–0.24 in) in diameter. The plant flowers between June to August. Cochlearia groenlandica grows on open ground, typically beaches, tidal flats, gravelly or sandy ground and mud flat bird nesting sites. Its range is circumpolar, and present in all major Arctic regions. In North America, its range reaches from Canada and Alaska to Oregon and it has been found as far south as California.[2][3]

References
  1. "Cochlearia groenlandica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. "Cochlearia groenlandica". Flora of North America. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. "Cochlearia groenlandica". Flora of Svalbard. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
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