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144 JOHS. GRÖNTVED
Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 50,—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 57,—C.H.O., Fl. arct,
1902, p. 100,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 19.
Flora Dan. tab. 213.
Icelandic : Fjallafoxgras, Fjallskollapuntur. Danish : Fjæld-Rottehale. English : Alpine
Cat’s-tail, Mountain Timothy.
Common in all parts, in the lowland as well as the central highland.
Life-form: H.
On grassy slopes, along brooks, in low Salix scrub, in moss around springs; in
fell-field.
Flor. VII; fr. mat. VIII.
Max. height: 52 cm; average : 23 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: Nova Scotia to Alaska and southward to Calif., New Mexico,
etc.—Greenl.: W. 60°—69°30'. E. 60°—68°33'.—Eur.: S.; Scandinavia and north-
ern Russia. The Alps, Caucasus; mts. of S. Europe.—Asia: Asia Minor, Afghanistan,
Atlas, Kamchatka, Korea, Honshu.
74. Phleum pratense Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 59.
K. & M., 1770, p. 204.—Babington, 1871, p. 341.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881,
p. 123.—Stefánsson, Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 50.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 57.—
C.H.O., Fl. arct., 1902, p. 100.—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 19.
Flora Dan. tab. 1984.
Icelandic: Vallarfoxgras, Tímótheígras, Túnskollapuntur. Danish: Timoté, Eng-
Rottehale. English : Timothy Grass.
Originally introduced and cultivated, it now thrives very well in some places
and may most likely be reckoned as naturalized; usually, though, it occurs within
the cultivated areas only. Fig. 47 shows the localities from where it is recorded.
The form þseudonodosum also has been found in Iceland.
Fig. 47. Phleum pratense L.