Plants of Iceland

Lots of birds, lots of wind, beautiful waterfalls, and the evening was topped of with a concert from a visiting choir.   But i mostly want to share some photos of flowers today, plus a few others.  

Our guide Tryssti on the left -- it is windy!

A fantastic waterfall in south Iceland.  

And another.. 

Scurvy plant eaten to ward off scurvy, of course

Lichen growing from lava rock.  You can drink lichen tea here.  

Buttercup- like but larger, grows in clumps in streams.

Why they believe in elves here.

Never seen anything like this before

Lupine everywhere.   Old story--brought in to stabilize soils and now invasive, if pretty. Below is arctic or woolly somrthing.  Again i don't know.  Taken by one of the largest waterfalls in iceland -- controversial in that it may be tapped for hydroelectric power.