The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Blaðsíða 307

THE PTERIDOPHYTA AND SPERMATOPHYTA OF ICELAND
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ísl.j ed. 1, 1901, p. 152.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 172.—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 102.
Flora Dan. tab. 206.
Icelandic: Ætihvönn, Erkihvönn. Danish: Læge-Kvan. English: Garden Angelica.
Seems to be frequent in most parts, even in the central highland, see fig. 130;
often cultivated as a vegetable or ornamental plant in gardens.
Lifc-form : H.
On sea-fowl cliffs, on luxuriant and moist rock-ledges, in herb-slopes, ravincs, or
brooks.
Flor. VII; fr. mat. (?).
Max. height: 175 cm; average: c. 70 cm.
Gcogr. area : Grcenl.: W. 60°—69°47'. E. 60°—66°25'.—Eur.: Fær.; Brit. Isles
(not a native) ; northcrn and ccntral Europe, Baltic Provinces, Russia; Alps,
Karpathians.
308. Carum Carvi Linn., Sp. pl. cd. I (1753) p. 263.
K. & M., 1770, p. 206.—Babington, 1871, p. 310,—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881,
p. 59.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl. ed. 1, 1901, p. 153.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 173.—•
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 102.
Flora Dan. tab. 1091.
Icelandic: Kúmcn. Danish : Vild Kommen. English : Carraway, Carwey.
In the southwestern parts, also frequent at Eyjafjörður, N., and at Mývatn,
othcrwisc rarc ; not recorded from E., see fig. 131. Cultivated in gardcns and found
as an escapc from such. Now likely to be regarded as a naturalized spccies ; it has
for instance grown for many years in one place, Akureyri, producing ripe fruits every
year (cp. I.Ó., 1932, p. 36).
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