The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Síða 236

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JOHS. GRONTVED
Ranunculaceae.
206. Caltha palustris Linn., Spec. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 558.
K. & M., 1770, p. 208.—Babington, 1871, p. 292.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881,
p. 50.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 98.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 109.—
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 66.
Flora Dan. tab. 668.
Icelandic: Hófsóley, Lækjasóley, Fitjasóley. Danish: Eng-Kabbeleje. English: Marsh
Marigold.
Common in all parts, except in the central highland, where it has been found
in a few places only: at Hvítárvatn, in several localities: Karlsdráttur, Fróðárdalur
and Hvítárnes (J.Gr., 1934).
Life-form: H.
In moors and meadows, on the banks of brooks, around springs, in home-fields, in
moist places, in ditches.
Flor. V—VIII; fr. mat. VI—VIII.
Max. height: 50 cm ; average : 22 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: Newfoundland to S. Carolina, westward to Nebraska.—Eur.:
Fær.; E.S.I., Shetlands; Novaya Zemlya; throughout Europe, southward to Spain.
Caucasus.—Asia: Northern and temperate Asia to Himalaya, Korea, Japan.
207. Ranunculus acer Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 554.
K. & M., 1770, p. 208.—Babington, 1871, p. 292.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881,
Fig. 90. Ranunculus acer L. Low, large-flowered form from the
central highland. 1:1.