The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Blaðsíða 262

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JOHS. GRONTVED
Newfoundland, Michigan, Minnesota, Wyoming, California.—Eur.: E.S.I. ; from
northernmost Scandinavia southward to the Mediterranean, the Balkans, Caucasus.—
Asia: Along the North Coast to the Chukchee Peninsula, southward to Asia Minor,
Persia, Himalaya, N. China, Formosa, Kamchatka.—N. Africa: Morocco.
242. Saxijraga aizoides Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 403.
K. & M., 1770, p. 207.—S. autumnalis, Zoega, 1772, p. 7.—S. aizoides and
S. autumnalis, Hooker in Mackenzie, 1811, p. 422.—S. aizoides L., Gronlund,
Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 55.—Stefánsson, Fl.
ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 126.—Ibid., ed. 2,
1924, p. 141,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 83.
Flora Dan. tab. 72 (var. aurantia).
Icelandic : Gullsteinbrjótur. English : Yellow
Mountain Saxifrage.
In E. Iceland this species is common
from Seyðisfjörður southward and trans-
gressing into S. as far westward as Skapta-
fell. In N. it is found at Víðihóll; other-
wise it does not occur outside E., see fig.
104.
Life-form: Ch.
On wet, gravelly soil, on rocks.
Flor. VII—VIII; fr. mat. (VIII).
Max. height: 20 cm; average: 9 cm.
Fig. 104. Saxifraga aizoides L.
Geogr. area: Am.: Arctic and subarctic N.
Am.—Greenl.: W. 60°—74°30'. E. 65°38'
—75°18'.—Eur.: E.S.I.; Scandinavia and
arctic Russia, Alps, Pyrenees, Appenines,
Karpathians, Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen.—
Asia : Arctic Siberia.
243. Saxifraga Aizoon (L.) Jacq., Fl. Austr. 5 (1778) p. 18.
Vahl, 1840, p. 372.—Babington, 1871, p. 307.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1,
1901, p. 128.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 143,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 85.
Flora Dan. tab. 2352.
Icelandic : Bergsteinbrjótur. English : Livelong Saxifrage.
Only found in a few places in E. from Reyðarfjörður to Seyðisfjörður, and in
W. in the country within Faxafjörður; likewise found in two places within Húna-
fjörður, N., see fig. 105.
It was first recorded by Vahl, loc. cit., but the first specimens in evidence in
H.H. were collected in Seyðisfjörður 1885 by G.M.
Life-form: Ch.
On rock-ledges, in rock-crevices.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. (VII—VIII).
Max. height: 17 cm; average: 12 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: Arctic N. Am. Labrador to Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick.—Greenl.: W. 60°—74°30'. E. 60°—70°25'.—Eur. : Scandinavia between
59° and 67° N. lat. Central Eur. mts. to the Balkans.