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Koenigia islandica

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Authors: L.  

Botanical Description

to ascending or erect, the stems l-6cm long, reddish. Leaves broadly elliptic to rounded, somewhat fleshy, 3-5mm long. Flowers minute, pale green, solitary or in small clusters, summer. Bare stony ground, beside streams and edges of bogs, near sea level to 800m or more, depending on latitude.