3309039a Carex petricosa var. petricosa
Distribution
East Chukotka: Scattered
Western Alaska: Scattered
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Central Canada: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Carex franklinii Boott in Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 217 (1839). Described from Alberta (Canada).
2n=
48. - Far East (West Chukotka). - Zhukova and Petrovsky (1980). See notes to C. macrogyna.
Geography: Amphi-Beringian - Cordilleran: RFE ALA CAN.
Notes: Ball: Carex franklinii Boott, by some authors considered a species (e.g., Hultén 1968a; Porsild and Cody 1980; Cody 1996), is a synonym of C. petricosa Dewey. Carex petricosa seems to represent small high altitude plants, whereas C. franklinii seems to be larger plants from a lower altitude. There is ample material collected from the type area (Alberta) which illustrates the full range of variation.