The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Blaðsíða 196

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JOHS. GRONTVED
Luzula þilosa Willd.
Juncus pilosus, K. & M., 1770, p. 206. Thienemann & Giinther, II, 1827, p. 238.—
L. pilosa Willd., Babington, 1871, p. 333.
Recorded by König & Miiller, loc. cit., and entered with locality (Eyjafjörður)
in the lists of Thienemann & Giinther, and Babington.—There are no specimens
in evidence in H.H., and it should be excluded from the Icelandic Flora.
147. Luzula spicata (L.) DC., in A. P. de Candolle & J. B. de la
Marck, Fl. de France, ed. 3, 3 (1805) p. 161.
Juncus spicatus, K. & M., 1770, p. 206.—L. spicata DC., Babington, 1871,
p. 333.—L. spicata Desv., Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 98.—L. sþicata (L.)
DC., Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 26.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 29.—
C.H.O., Fl. arct., 1902, p. 28,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 45.
Flora Dan. tab. 270.
Icelandic: Axhæra. Danish: Aksblomstret Frytle. English : Spiked Wood-Rush.
Common in all parts, in the lowland as well as the central highland. May be
found in the most barren and exposed localities high up in the hills.
Life-form: H.
In Calluna and grass heath, mó Grimmia heath, grassy slopes, fell-field, screes, etc.
Flor. V—VII; fr. mat. VI—VIII.
Max. height: 50 cm ; average: 18 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: Labrador to Alaska, southward to New York, California and
Colorado.—Greenl.: W. 60°—72°30'. E. 60°—74°25'.—Eur. : Fær.; E.S.; northern
Scandinavia, Finland, N. Russia, central Eur. mts. Novaya Zemlya, Caucasus.—
Northern Asia to Himalaya.
Fig. 72. Luzula sudetica (Willd.) DC.