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JOHS. GRONTVED
Life-form: H.
On moist sandy soil along smaller streams; on the border of small lakes; in the
highland.
Flor. VII; fr. mat. VIII.
Max. height: 12 cm; average : 5 cm.
Geogr. area : Greenl. : W. 60°—69°15'. E. 60°—71°22'.—Eur. : Arctic and alpine
Scandinavia, Lapland.
120. Carex salina Wg., in Vet. Akad. Handl., 24 (1803) p. 165.1
Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 115.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 42.—
Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 48.—C.H.O., Fl. arct., 1902, p. 73.—C. salina Wg.
var. kattegatensis Fr., O. & Gr., 1934, p. 37.
Icon.: Ostenfeld, Fl. arct., 1902, fig. 48 and 49.
Icelandic : Marstör. Danish : Saltvands-Star.
Very variable. In Iceland it occurs in two distinct varieties, both belonging to
the subform cuspidata (Wg.) Almquist in Bot. Notiser, 1891, p. 126.
a. var. borealis Almq. : Culms low, 15—20 cm high ; spikes slender, 3—5 mm broad
and about 2-—5 cm long, oblong cylindric, rather lax-flowered, yellowish-brown;
rare.
b. var. kattegatensis (Fr.) Almq.: Culms high (30—60 cm), coarse ; spikes 5—10 mm
broad, longer than in the preceding plant, densely flowered, usually reddish-brown;
plant dark green. The common form in Iceland, and found in many parts, though,
1 K. K. Mackenzie, in North American Flora, vol. 18, part 3, p. 416, applies
the name C. lanceata Dewey to this species. Cp. also Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 29,
1836, p. 249.