Monthly Archives: October 2016

Laestadius-poppy (Læstadius-valmuen)

In a newspaper article in Nordlys, Steinar Thorvaldsen tells about Laestadius’ pioneering work as a botanist. Among other things, Laestadius discovered a new plant, which later was named after him, the Papaver laestadianum or Papaver radicatum ssp. laestadianum (Læstadius-valmuen).  

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