Arctic Summerflowers in Longyearbyen/Svalbard

[Harald-Alex.]

With the Albatros we had in Juni 2018 a "Great Nordland Cruise" from Bremerhaven, Iceland, Svalbard and over Norway back to Germany. In all lands we visited great natural sights. I was especially surprised about the flowering arctic plants, I found in all lands. Here I start with the flowers of Longyearbyen in Svalbard, I fotographed during our visit in 22.6.2018 in one of the six yearly sunny days!

Foto 1: The airport of Longyearbyen in the Adventsfjord under blue sky
Foto 2: The mainstreet of Longyearbyen with shops, cafes, hotels and the Svalbard-Museum
Foto 3: White flowers of Papaver dahlianum - Svalbard-Poppy  near the street
Foto 4: Cardaminopsis petrea - Polar-Cress between the stones
Foto 5: Oxyria digyna - Mountain Sorrel with red flowerbuds

[Harald-Alex.]

Flowers of Svalbard in Longyearbyen on 22.6.2018: Most of them I found on the way from the main-street to the Svalbard-Kirke over the river

Foto 1: The Svalbard-Kirke on the other side of a small river
Foto 2: Saxifraga caespitosa - Saxifrage
Foto 3: Under a rockstone: Cerastium arcticum - Arctic mouse ear chickweed
Foto 4: White flowers of Dryas octopetala - Mountain Avens
Foto 5: Potentilla hypoarctica - Arctic cinquefoil with bright-yellow flowers

[Harald-Alex.]

we found a surprising variety of flowering arctic plants during our visit of Longyearbyen - Svalbard in 22.6.2018:

Foto 1: Saxifraga caespitosa - Saxifrage near the door of the Svalbard Kirke
Foto 2: Papaver dahlianum - Svalbard Poppy seedlings with first flowers
Foto 3: Saxifraga caespitosa - Saxifrage with red leaves
Foto 4: an unknown yellow plant - a Brassicaceae?
Foto 5: after end of our visit the see-fog endet the sunny weather

[David Nicholson]

Lovely set of images Harald-Alex, looks to have been a good visit.

[cohan]

Love them all-- beautiful places and great plants... that last yellow looks like a Draba, but those Brassicaceae are tricky!..lol

[Harald-Alex.]

Lovely set of images Harald-Alex, looks to have been a good visit.

Hallo David, my wife, six other friends and I had a wonderful cruise from Iceland, Svalbard to Norway this juni. I was very surprised about the bright colours of the different arctic flowers, which we saw in masses! The fotos fom Iceland and Norway comes soon.
Here in Germany we are planning for the next 9. and 10. march 2019 here in Torgau/Saxonia the first springflower-exposition in connection with the 9.Saxonia Garden Show LAGA 2022 Torgau, see foto!
Greetings Harald

[Harald-Alex.]

Love them all-- beautiful places and great plants... that last yellow looks like a Draba, but those Brassicaceae are tricky!..lol

Hallo Cohan, thank You for Your informative comment, You are right, the last yellow foto may be Draba belli - Arctic Whitlow Gras!
Greetings from Germany (with an unusual hot and dry summer this year!)
Harald

[Gabriela]

Thanks as well for posting Harald-Alex. It is with great pleasure that I always admire places that I've never visited and new plant species.
Some of the circumpolar species are common to the northern North America but it's interesting to see them growing in other associations.

[Harald-Alex.]

Thanks as well for posting Harald-Alex. It is with great pleasure that I always admire places that I've never visited and new plant species.
Some of the circumpolar species are common to the northern North America but it's interesting to see them growing in other associations.

Thank You, Gabriela, for Your interest for my fotoserie of Svalbard-Flora, we  found during a Nordland-Cruise this juni. Next days comes the fotos of flowers of Iceland and Nordkap/Norway, I was very surprised about the masses of flowers in this North-Territories.
At home in Germany I collect snowdrops in my Snowdrop-Garden.
Greetings from Germany - Harald

[Gerdk]

Thank you for your vivid report which brings a little bit of a northern cool breeze to our
heat-afllickted country!

Gerd

[ashley]

Thanks for sharing these photos Harald-Alex.  I look forward to the rest
Flora of Svalbard lists 5 yellow drabas; the flowers look like D. corymbosa but it's hard to see how hairy the leaves are.

[Harald-Alex.]

Thanks for sharing these photos Harald-Alex.  I look forward to the rest
Flora of Svalbard lists 5 yellow drabas; the flowers look like D. corymbosa but it's hard to see how hairy the leaves are.

Thank You, Ashley, for Your comment, it is very interesting to see, how many different varieties live in Svalbard, one of the northernest territories of Europe with short,but intensive summers! I think also, the unknown yellow flower is Draba corybosa, thank You for the help!
Greetings from Germany (where the hot and dry summer never ends! We wait since april for rain!)
Harald