Note 141 — Chapter XXXII · FRANZ JOSEF LAND AND ITS EXPLORERS
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The Franz Josef flora includes the ubiquitous Saxifraga oppositifolia, Cardamine bellidifolia, Arenaria sulcata, Draba alpina, Cerastium alpinum, Papaver nudicaule, and Cochlearia fenestrata. A rare and beautiful grass, Pleuropogon sabinii, was also found, only previously known at Melville Island, at one or two places up Prince Regent’s Inlet, and in Novaya Zemlya, where it is abundant. Only 27 flowering plants have been collected in Franz Josef Land, and 25 mosses.