The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Síða 287
THE PTERIDOPHYTA AND SPERMATOPHYTA OF ICELAND
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Cultivated, and accidentally introduced. Here and there in the cultivated areas;
in some places it has been growing constantly for many years and may possibly
be looked upon as a naturalized species. See fig. 119.
Life-form: H.
In cultivated areas.
Flor. VII—VIII; fr. mat. (?).
Max. height: 30 cm; average: 20 cm.
Geogr. area : Am.: N. and S. Am. (naturalized).—Eur.: Fær. (introduced) ; E.S.I.;
throughout Eur. from 70° N. lat.—Asia: Western Asia to Altai; Baikal, Kashmir.—
Afr.: Algeria.—Austr. : New Zealand (naturalized).
278. Trifolium repens Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 767.
K. & M., 1770, p. 209,-—Babington, 1871, p. 301.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881,
p. 19.—Stefánsson, Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 143.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 161.—
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 96.
Flora Dan. tab. 990.
Icelandic: Smári, Hvítsmári. Sápublóm, Hrútafifill. Danish: Hvid Klover. English:
White Clover, Dutch Clover, White Trefoil.
Frequent to common in most parts of the lowland, but rarely far away from
the cultivated areas.
Life-form: H.
In cultivated areas, home-fields, grassy slopes, near hot springs and on the edge
of brooks from these.
Flor. VI—VIII; fr. mat. (?).
Max. height: 25 cm; average : 10 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: N. and S. Am. (introduced?).—Greenl.: W. 61°11' and 65°25'
(introduced).—Eur. : Fær.; E.S.I.; from 71° N. lat. in Scandinavia southward
throughout Europe.—Asia: Northern and western Asia; E. Asia (introduced).—
Afr.: N. Afr.; Cape; Madeira (introduced).
Vicia angustifolia Roth.
Babington, 1871, p. 301.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 20.—E. Rostrup, 1887,
p. 172.
This species is recorded from 3 localities in S. Icel.: Bíldudalur (J.S.), Þjórsár-
staðir and Þjórsárholt (A.F.). It is not represented in H.H. No doubt introduced
accidentally, and not to be regarded as a native of Iceland.
279. Vicia Cracca Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 735.
K. & M., 1770, p. 209.—Babington, 1871, p. 301,—Gronlund, Isl. FL, 1881,
p. 20,—Stefánsson, Fl. tsl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 140,—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 159,—
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 93.
Flora Dan. tab. 804.
Icelandic: Umfeðmingsgras, Flækja. Danish: Muse-Vikke. English: Bird’s Tare,
Tufted Vetch, Fitchacks.
Frequent to common in most parts of the lowland; not hitherto recorded from
the central highland.