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Life-form: H.
On the sea-beach, on sea-rocks; may also sometimes be found high up in the hills
rather far inland.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. VII—VIII.
Max. height: 35 cm; average: 17 cm.
Geogr. area: (coll. spec.) Am.: N. Am., shores of arctic and temperate parts.—-
Greenl.: W. 60°—82°30'. E. 60°—79°30'.—Eur.: Fær.; E.S.I.; shores of arctic
and temperate Eur., Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya.—Asia: Siberia, along the north
coast; Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Hokkaido.
Conringia orientalis (L.) Andrz.
Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 102.-—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 114.—O. & Gr.,
1934, p. 69.
Accidentally introduced weed; found in a few places: Hvammur in Dalasýsla,
W (H.J., 1899), at Mælifell, N. (St.St., 1889). From the last-named locality a well
developed specimen with nearly ripe pods is kept in H.H.
226. Descurainia Sophia (L.) Webb, in Engl. et Prantl Nat. Pflanzen-
fam, III, 2 (1890) p. 192.
Sisymbrium Sophia Linn., Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 111.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924,
p. 125.—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 70.
Flora Dan. tab. 528.
Icelandic: Þefjurt. Danish: Barberforstand. English: Flixweed.
Accidentally introduced, but now seemingly naturalized. It was first found at
Skriða in Hörgárdalur, N. (St.St., 1890), and later on at some other farms in the
neighbourhood. Sauðárkrókur, N. (G.M., 1893).
Flor. VII—VIII; fr. mat. (VIII).
Max. height: 40 cm; average: 25 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: Introduced and naturalized in N. Am. S. Am.: Chile.—Greenl.:
W. : (introduced) Ivigtút.—Eur.: Fær.; E.S.I.; throughout Europe.—Asia : Westem
Asia to India and Himalaya, Siberia, China, Japan.—Afr.: Algeria, Morocco.—
Australia: New Zealand.
Draba aizoides Linn.
Included in the lists of Preyer & Zirkel (1861, p. 371), and of Baring-Gould
(1863, p. 425). It should certainly be excluded from the Flora of Iceland.
227. Draba alpina Linn., Sp. pl. ed. 1 (1753) p. 642.
Gliemann, 1824, p. 144.—Babington, 1871, p. 295.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881,
p. 45.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 105.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 118.—
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 71.
Flora Dan. tab. 56.
Icelandic: Fjallavorblóm. Danish : Bjærg Gæslingblomst.
This plant is as yet known from few places in Iceland, but it is likely to be
more frequent than the finds hitherto made would seem to indicate. As there are
not very many investigations from the higher levels of the hills it is difficult to