GróaÍslenska

Plants Gróa cannot recognise yet

Gróa has no pictures of 202 species. Here are 61 of them, the ones you might come across.

These plants are barely photographed outside Iceland. A picture from you is the only way.

Every plant here is common. You could walk past one.

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Plants that would help (61)

  • BoghæraVery common
    Luzula arcuata (Wahlenb.) Swartz
    gravel flatsheathhighland
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • FitjaskúfurVery common
    Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz
    bogs and marsheslakes and ponds
    Flowers May to Jun
  • MelablómVery common
    Arabidopsis petraea (L.) V.I.Dorof.
    gravel flatslava fieldssandsriver gravels
    Flowers May
  • MóasefVery common
    Juncus trifidus L.
    heath
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • MóastörVery common
    Carex rupestris All.
    heath
    Flowers May to Jun
  • TryppanálVery common
    Juncus arcticus Willd subsp. arcticus
    sandsriver gravels
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • ÞursaskeggVery common
    Carex myosuroides Vill.
    bogs and marshesslopes
    Flowers Jun
  • AugnfróCommon
    Euphrasia wettsteinii G. Gusarova
    heathgrassland
    Flowers Jul to Aug
  • BarnarótCommon
    Coeloglossum viride subsp. islandicum (Lindl.) Kreutz
    heathwoodland and scrubslopes
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • BjúgstörCommon
    Carex maritima Gunnerus
    sands
    Flowers Jun
  • BlásveifgrasCommon
    Poa glauca Vahl
    gravel flatsrocks and cliffs
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • BlómsefCommon
    Juncus triglumis L.
    river gravels
    Flowers Jun
  • BrennisóleyCommon
    Ranunculus subborealis subsp. pumilus (Wahlenb.) Elven
    grasslandwoodland and scrubhighland
  • FjallafræhyrnaCommon
    Cerastium nigrescens var. laxum (Lindbald) Brysting & Elven
    gravel flatshighland
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • FjallalógresiCommon
    Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt.
    gravel flatsheath
  • FjallapunturCommon
    Deschampsia alpina (L.) Roem. & Schult.
    heathgrasslandlakes and pondsrocks and cliffs
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • FjallastörCommon
    Carex norvegica Retz.
    heathgrassland
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • FlagahnoðriCommon
    Sedum villosum L.
    lakes and pondsriver gravelsslopes
    Flowers Jun
  • FlagasefCommon
    Juncus biglumis L.
    highlandriver gravelsslopes
    Flowers Jun
  • FriggjargrasCommon
    Platanthera hyperborea (L.) Lindl.
    heathslopes
    Flowers Jun
  • GullvöndurCommon
    Gentianella aurea (L.) Harry Sm.
    heathslopes
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • HálmgresiCommon
    Calamagrostis neglecta (Ehrh.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. subsp.groenlandica (Schrank) Matuszk.
    bogs and marshessandshighlandriver gravels
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • HeiðadúnurtCommon
    Epilobium hornemannii Rchb. subsp. hornemannii
    bogs and marsheslakes and pondshighland
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • HeigulstörCommon
    Carex glareosa Wahlenb.
    shoresgrasslandsandsriver gravels
  • HnappstörCommon
    Carex capitata L.
    heathgrassland
    Flowers Jun
  • HrafnaklukkaCommon
    Cardamine polemonioides Rouy
    bogs and marshes
  • HrímblaðkaCommon
    Atriplex glabriuscula Edmondston
    shoressands
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • HúsapunturCommon
    Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex Nevski
    grasslanddisturbed ground and roadsides
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • HvítmaðraCommon
    Galium normanii O.C. Dahl
    heath
  • ÍslandsfífillCommon
    Pilosella islandica (Lange) Á. Löve
    heathslopes
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • JakobsfífillCommon
    Erigeron borealis (Vierh.) Simmons
    heathslopes
    Flowers Jun
  • LágarfiCommon
    Stellaria humifusa Rottb.
    bogs and marshes
    Flowers Jul
  • LoðvíðirCommon
    Salix lanata L.
    heathsandshighlandslopes
    Flowers May
  • LotsveifgrasCommon
    Poa flexuosa Sm.
    gravel flatsheath
    Flowers Jul to Aug
  • LónasóleyCommon
    Ranunculus confervoides (Fr.) Fr.
    lakes and ponds
  • LækjafræhyrnaCommon
    Cerastium cerastoides (L.) Britton
    bogs and marsheslakes and pondshighland
    Flowers Jun
  • LækjasteinbrjóturCommon
    Saxifraga rivularis L. subsp. rivularis
    bogs and marsheslakes and pondsrocks and cliffs
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • MaríustakkurCommon
    Alchemilla filicaulis Buser var. filicaulis
    lakes and pondsdisturbed ground and roadsidesslopes
  • MóalógresiCommon
    Trisetum molle (Michx.) Kunth
  • MóanóraCommon
    Sabulina stricta (Sw.) Rchb.
    gravel flatsheathbogs and marsheshighland
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • MógrafabrúsiCommon
    Sparganium hyperboreum Laest. ex Beurl.
    lakes and ponds
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • MýraberjalyngCommon
    Oxycoccus microcarpus Turcz. ex Rupr.
    bogs and marshes
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • NaflagrasCommon
    Koenigia islandica L.
    grasslandlakes and ponds
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • RjúpustörCommon
    Carex lachenalii Schkuhr
    lakes and pondssnowbedshighland
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • SérbýlisstörCommon
    Carex dioica L.
    bogs and marshes
  • SilfurmaríustakkurCommon
    Alchemilla wichurae (Buser) Stefánsson
    lakes and pondsrocks and cliffs
  • SkeggsandiCommon
    Arenaria norvegica Gunnerus
    gravel flatssandshighland
    Flowers Jun
  • SkriðstörCommon
    Carex mackenziei V.I. Krecz.
    bogs and marsheslakes and ponds
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • TágamuraCommon
    Potentilla anserina L. subsp. anserina
    shoressands
  • ToppastörCommon
    Carex krausei Boeck.
    heath
  • TúnvingullCommon
    Festuca richardsonii Hook.
    gravel flatsheathbogs and marshesgrassland
  • TýtulíngresiCommon
    Agrostis vinealis Schreb
    gravel flatsheathslopes
    Flowers Jul
  • ÞráðnykraCommon
    Stuckenia filiformis (Pers.) Börner
    lakes and pondssands
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • BroddastörFairly common
    Carex microglochin Wahlenb.
    lakes and pondsrocks and cliffsslopes
    Flowers Jun
  • DvergstörFairly common
    Carex glacialis Mack.
    rocks and cliffs
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • DökkhæraFairly common
    Luzula sudetica (Willd.) DC.
    bogs and marshes
  • HjónagrasFairly common
    Pseudorchis straminea (Fernald) Soó
    heathgrasslandslopes
  • HlaðkollaFairly common
    Lepidotheca suaveolens (Pursh) Nutt.
    Flowers Jul to Sep
  • LindasefFairly common
    Juncus ranarius (Songeon & E.P. Perrier)
    lakes and pondsriver gravels
    Flowers Jul to Aug
  • LjósadúnurtFairly common
    Epilobium lactiflorum Hausskn.
    rocks and cliffshighlandslopes
    Flowers Jun to Jul
  • SnækrækillFairly common
    Sagina nivalis (Lindblom) Fr.
    heathdisturbed ground and roadsideshighlandriver gravels
    Flowers Jun to Jul

The names come from Náttúrufræðistofnun's checklist.

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