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JOHS. GRONTVED
(S.S., 1933), Hveravellir (Romose, 1935). Jökulsá, near Laugafell, E. (J.Gr.,
1935).
Life-form: H.
On grassy slopes, grassy moors and heaths, in lava-fields; on moist rocky soil.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. VI—VIII.
Max. height: 35 cm ; average : 11 cm.
Geogr. area: Am. : Labrador to Alaska, southward to British Columbia, Utah, Colo-
rado, Michigan.—Greenl.: W. 60°—78°45'. E. 60°—77°40'.—Eur.: E.S.; Scandi-
navia, Finland, western Russia, central European mts.; Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya.
—Asia: Mouths of Yenisei and Lena, southward towards Turkestan, Tibet, Mongolia,
Manchuria, Korea, Hokkaido.
106. Carex flacca Schreb., Spicil. fl. Lipsicae App. (1771) p. 669.
C. glauca Scop., Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 119.—C. flacca Schreb., Stefáns-
son, Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 38.—C. glauca Murr., Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 43.—
C. glauca Good., O. & Gr., 1934, p. 38.
Flora Dan. tab. 1051.
Icelandic: Grástör (Blástör). Danish : Blaagron Star. English: Glaucous Sedge.
C. flacca was first recorded by Gronlund, loc. cit., as found by him at Skaga-
fjörður (l.VIII.1876), there is, however, no specimen from this locality in H.H.
collected by Gronlund.
Found in some localities in S., northwest of Eyjafjallajökull, otherwise, rare, see
fig. 58.
Life-form: G. (Rhizome Geophyte).
On grassy slopes, grass-moors, rock-ledges.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. VIII.
Fig. 58. Carex flacca Schreb.