The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Blaðsíða 290

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JOHS. GRONTVED
Babington, 1871, p. 300.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 30.—Stefánsson, Fl. Isl.,
ed. 1, 1901, p. 116.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 131,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 78.
Flora Dan. tab. 124.
Icelandic: Blágresi, Litunargras. Danish: Skov-Storkenæb. English: Wood Crane’s-
bill, King’s Hood, Crowflower.
Common in all parts, in the lowlands as well as the central highland ; thus, for
instance, it is rather common on slopes at Hvítárvatn (J.Gr., 1934).
f. albiflora with white flowers sometimes found in company with the normal plants.
Life-form: H.
In Salix and Betula scrub, on herb-slopes and grassy slopes, in crevices in rocks.
Flor. VI—VIII; fr. mat. (VII—VIII).
Max. height: 60 cm ; average : 25 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: (introduced in N. Am.).—Greenl.: W. 61°53'.—Eur.: Fær.;
E.S.I.; northern and central Eur. mts., southward to the Pyrenees, Alps, Appenines.
—Asia: Siberia, Kolguiv Isl., southward to Asia Minor and Armenia, eastward to
the Yenisei.
Linaceae.
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283. Linum catharticum Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 281.
K. & M., 1770, p. 206.—Babington, 1871, p. 300.—Gronlund, Isl. FL, 1881,
p. 30.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 115.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 130.—
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 78.
Flora Dan. tab. 851.
Icelandic: Villilin, Villihör. Danish : Vild Hor. English: Purging Flax.
Fig. 121. Linum catharticum L.—Ring with dot: Oxalis Acetosella L.