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Fig. 168. Achillea Ptarmica L.
384. Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn., De fruct. et sem. plant. II
(1870) p. 410.
Gnaphalium alþinum, K. & M., 1770, p. 209.—Olafsen & Povelsen, 1772,
p. 430.—G. carþathicum, Preyer & Zirkel, 1861, p. 364.—Antennaria alpina,
Babington, 1871, p. 313.—A. alþina Gaertn., Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 80.—
Stefánsson, Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 195.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 221.—O. &
Gr., 1934, p. 139.
Flora Dan. tab. 2786.
Icelandic: Fjallalójurt. Danish: Bjerg-Kattefod. English: Alpine Cat’s foot.
cit., without locality. Olafsen & Povel-
sen, loc. cit., say that it grows between
Þorskafjörður and Þingmannaheiði,
N.W., but no specimens are in
evidence from these parts. It is some-
what rare, occurring in some places
at Eyjafjörður and at Mývatn, other-
wise found in a few other places in
N. and in E., and in the part north
of Vatnajökull: Fagridalur, Hvanna-
lindir (S.S., 1933) ; see fig. 169. In
Iceland it is not a pronounced hill
plant; in some localities it occurs be-
low 500 m s. m.
Life-form : Ch.
On sandy and gravelly soil.
Flor. VI ; fr. mat. VII.
Max. height:12 cm; average: 7 cm.
First recoraed by König & Miiller, loc.
Fig. 169. Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.