420108b Stellaria borealis subsp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper
Distribution
Western Alaska: Presence uncertain
Shrub Tundra: Presence uncertain
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- Piper in Piper & Beattie, Fl. N.W. Coast: 147 (1915). - Stellaria sitchana Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 637 (1841). Described from Sitka (Alaska).
- Stellaria sitchana var. bongardiana (Fernald) Hultén, Fl. Aleut. Isl.: 164 (1937). - Stellaria borealis var. bongardiana Fernald, Rhodora 16: 151 (1914). - Nomen novum for Stellaria longifolia Bong., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 126 (1833), non Muhl. ex Willd (1809). Described from Sitka (Alaska).
2n=
52 (4x). - Alaska, Canada (W). - Several reports, see Morton and Rabeler (1989).
Geography: American Pacific: ALA?
Notes: Subspecies sitchana is present in western North America north to south-central Alaska and the Aleutian Islands but probably not in the Arctic according to Morton and Rabeler (1989). Hultén (1968a) mapped an occurrence on the Seward Peninsula in arctic western Alaska. The material behind that record should be checked. Morton and Rabeler (1989) treated this entity as a race of Stellaria borealis and not of S. calycantha.
Higher Taxa
- Stellaria borealis [420108,species]