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Wildflowers of Iceland*

                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loiseleuria procombens
Trailing Azalea
Sauðamergur
 
Salix lanata
Woolly Willow
Loðvíðir
 
Potentilla crantzii
Alpine Cinquefoil
Gullmura
 
Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus
Wild Thyme
Blóðberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cardamine nymanii
Lady Smock
Hrafnaklukka
 
Silene Uniflora
Sea Campion
Holurt
 
Honckenya paploides
Sea Sandwort
Fjöruarfi
 
Armaria maritima
Thrift
Geldingahnappur
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lupinus nootkatensis
Nootka Lupin
Lúpína
Saxifraga caespitosa
Tufted Saxifrage
Þúfusteinbrjótur
Cerastium alpinum
Alpine Mouse-ear
Fjallafræhyrna
Equisetum pratense
Shady Horsetail
Vallelfting
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saxifraga hypnoides
Mossy Saxifrage
Mosasteinbrjótur
Saxifraga aizoides
Yellow Saxifrage
Gullsteinbrjótur
Galium normanii
Slender Bedstraw
Hvítmaðra
Sedum villosum
Hairy Stonecrop
Flagahnoðri
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alchemilla alpina
Alpine Lady's-mantle
Ljónslappi
Dryas octopetela
Mountain Avens
Holtasóley (rjúpnalauf)
Pseudorchis albida
Small-white Orchid
Hjónagras
Eriophorum scheuchzeri
Scheuchzer's Cottongrass
Hrafnafífa
 
 
 
 
 
 
Papaver nudicaule
Iceland Poppy
Garðasól
Pinguicula vulgaris
Common Butterwort
Lyfjagras
Bartsia alpina
Alpine Bartsia
Smjörgras
Geranium ?
Crane's-bill
 
 
 
 
 
 
Geranium sylvaticum
Wood Crane's-bill
Blágresi
Trientalis europaea
Chickweed Wintergreen
Sjöstjarna
Alchemilla vulgaris
Common Lady's-mantle
Maríustakkur
Vaccinium uliginosum
Bog Bilberry
Bláberjalyng
 
 
 
 
 
 
Geum rivale
Water Avens
Fjalldalafífill
Pyrola minor
Common Wintergreen
Klukkublóm
Coeloglossum viride
Frog Orchid
Barnarót
Saxifraga stellaris
Starry Saxifrage
Stjörnusteinbrjótur
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rhodiola rosea
Roseroot
Burnirót
Viola palustris
Alpine Marsh Violet
Mýrfjóla
Juniperus communis
Juniper
Einir
Veronica fruticans
Rock Speedwell
Steindepla
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carum carvi?
Caraway
Kúmen
Cassiope hypnoides
Cassiope
Mosalyng
escaped hybrid?
Myosotis scorpioides
Water Forget-me-not
Engjamunablóm
 
 
 
 
 
 
Silene acaulis
Moss Campion
Lambagras
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bearberry
Sortulyng

Betula pubescens
Downy Birch
Birki
Vaccinium myrtillus
Bilberry
Aðalbláberjalyng
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tarraxacum spp.
Dandelion
Túnfífill
Caltha palustris
Marsh Marigold
Hófsóley
Papaver radicatum
Arctic Poppy
Melasól
Equisetum palustre
Marsh Horsetail
Mýrelfting
 
 
 
 
 
 
Matricaria maritima
Sea Mayweed
Baldursbrá
Erigeron borealis
Alpine Fleabane
Jakobsfífill
Equisetum variegatum
Variegated Horsetail
Beitieski
Cerasitum fontanum
Common Mouse-ear
Vegarfi
 
                 

*These are common Icelandic wildflowers blooming in mid to late June. They were all found in easily accessible public areas close to roads and walking trails. Only once did we venture more than a couple hundred meters from regularly maintained roads, and then only on a well traveled footpath.

The pictures are arranged in more or less chronological order as they were encountered on our journey. The last two came late in the identification process. The process of inserting them was deemed too time consuming to be worth the effort.

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