Flora of Svalbard

There are 164 vascular plant species on the Norwegian island of Svalbard, not included are algae, mosses, lichens. For an island so far north, it is an astonishing variety. Because of the harsh climate and the short growing season, all the plants are slow growing. They seldom grow higher than 10 cm.

In some areas, especially in warmer valleys, the plants produce carpets of blossoms.

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List of flowers

Arctic Bell-heather

Hawkweed-leaved Saxifrage

Alpine Bistort

Moss campion

Svalbard poppy

Woolly Lousewort

Alpine Arnica Arnica alpina

Alpine Hair Deschampsia alpina

Alpine Meadow-Grass Poa alpina

Alpine Sandwort Minuartia rubella

Alpine Saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis

Arctic Buttercup Ranunculus hyperboreus

Arctic Chickweed Stellaria humifusa

Arctic Cinquefoil Potentilla hyparctica Arctic Cottongrass Eriophorum scheuchzeri

Arctic Dandelion Taraxacum arcticum

Arctic Harebell Campanula uniflora

Arctic Lychnis Silene furcata

Arctic Mouse-Ear Chickweed Cerastium arcticum

Arctic Wood-rush Luzula confusa

Arctic Bell-heather Cassiope tetragona

Black Fleabane Erigeron humilis

Bluff Cinquefoil Potentilla chamissonis

Bog Saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus

Boreal Jacob‘s-Ladder Polemonlum boreale

Brook Saxifrage Saxifraga rivularis

Chickweed Stellaria crassipes

Cushioned Saitmarsh grass Puccinellia phryganodes

Drooping Saxifrage Saxifraga cernua

Fringed Sandwort Arenaria psuedofrigida

Hairy Lousewort Pedicularis hirsuta

Hawkweed-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga hieracifoli

Knotweed (Alpine Bistort) Polygonum viviparum

Laplancl Buttercup Ranunculus lapponicus

Lapland Butterbur Petasites frigidus

Lapland Whitlow-Grass Draba lactea

Lobed Buttercup Ranunculus pedatifidus

Moss campion Silene acaulis

Mountain Avens Dryas octopetala

Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digyna

Nodding Lychnis Silene wahlbergella

Oysterleaf Mertensia maritima

Pigmy Buttercup Ranunculus pygm

Polar Cress Cardamine nymanii

Polar Dandelion Taraxacum brachyceras

Polar Willow Salix polaris

Purple Saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia

Purplish Braya Braya purpurascens

Scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis

Snow Buttercup Ranunculus nivalis

Sooty Sedge Carex misandra

Spider Plant Saxifraga flagellaris

Sulphur-coloured Buttercup Ranunculus suiphureus

Svalbard poppy Papaver dahlianum

Tufted Cinquefoil Potentilla pulchella

TuftedSaxifrage Saxifraga cespitosa

Tundra Wood-rush Luzula arctica

Woolly Lousewort Pedicularis dasyantha

Yellow Arctic Whitlow Grass Draba bellii

Yellow Mountain Saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides

Mountain Sorrel

Saxifraga flagellaris

Purple Saxifrage