fjellsmelle

English translation: moss campion

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Norwegian term or phrase:fjellsmelle
English translation:moss campion
Entered by: stephen mewes

05:34 May 29, 2003
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Norwegian term or phrase: fjellsmelle
some sort of mountain flower...
clydach
Moss Campion
Explanation:
Silene acaulis
Greenlandic : Aappaluttuaqqat
Danish : Tue-limurt
Norwegian : Fjellsmelle
Swedish : Fjällglim
Finnish : Tunturikohokki
English : Moss Campion
German : Stengelloses Leimkraut

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Note added at 2003-05-29 05:40:12 (GMT)
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Moss Campion is part of the pinks family. It is well adapted to growing in the lower, and sometimes higher Alpine regions. Moss Campion only grows about 5-15 cm tall, hugging the ground for warmth. Its leaves are very small, not exposing too much of the plant to wind and freezing temperatures found in the Alpine biomes. Its mounded cushion shape protects it from the cold, drying winds.

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/moss_campion.htm
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Moss Campion


Explanation:
Silene acaulis
Greenlandic : Aappaluttuaqqat
Danish : Tue-limurt
Norwegian : Fjellsmelle
Swedish : Fjällglim
Finnish : Tunturikohokki
English : Moss Campion
German : Stengelloses Leimkraut

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Note added at 2003-05-29 05:40:12 (GMT)
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Moss Campion is part of the pinks family. It is well adapted to growing in the lower, and sometimes higher Alpine regions. Moss Campion only grows about 5-15 cm tall, hugging the ground for warmth. Its leaves are very small, not exposing too much of the plant to wind and freezing temperatures found in the Alpine biomes. Its mounded cushion shape protects it from the cold, drying winds.

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/moss_campion.htm


    Reference: http://gmr.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/Plantnames/Sorting/Refere...
Jarema
Ukraine
Local time: 17:12
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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