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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Anemone richardsonii, Angelica archangelica, Arenaria ciliata, Betula pubescens, Botrychium pinnatum, Calamagrostis canadensis, Calamagrostis purpurascens, Calliergon cordifolium, Campanula uniflora, Cardamine pratensis, Carex disperma, Cassiope tetragona, Cerastium arcticum, Cornus canadensis, Crowberry, Diapensia, Draba lactea, Dwarf Fireweed, Epilobium alsinifolium, Flora and fauna of Greenland, Harrimanella hypnoides, Juniper berry, List of flora of Greenland, Minuartia groenlandica, Montia fontana, Nearctic ecozone, Ophioglossum azoricum, Papaver dahlianum, Pedicularis groenlandica, Polemonium boreale, Potentilla chamissonis, Potentilla diversifolia, Ranunculus glacialis, Ranunculus nivalis, Rhinanthus minor, Rhododendron groenlandicum, Salix arctica, Salix herbacea, Salix reticulata, Saxifraga aizoides, Saxifraga nivalis, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Saxifraga stellaris, Stellaria humifusa, Taraxacum, The Structure and Biology of Arctic Flowering Plants, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium uliginosum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Viola labradorica. Excerpt: The flora of Greenland consists of a total of 575 species or 606 taxa (species and subspecies) of vascular plants, of which 13 are endemic, and 87 taxa introduced by humans, most of which are naturalized. Taraxacum () is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North and South America, and two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide. Both species are edible in their entirety. The common name dandelion ( -di-ly-ən, from French dent-de-lion, meaning "lion's tooth") is given to members of the genus, and like other members of the Asteraceae family, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. Many Taraxacum...
