FLORA OF ICELAND elements: Pedicularis flammea, upright lousewort

Pedicularis flammea; the upright lousewort can be found in highlands and mountainous regions. In fact, this beauty is a pearl in the Iceland' s highland deserts! This plantlet can be found in regions used by NASA's test programmes in the 1960's for training astronauts in Lunar landscapes, for which the Iceland highlands were thé model. However, this plantlet does require moist soils in the highlands! The reddish basal leaf rosette is quite characteristic. It is member of the Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae).

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