420212a Cerastium fontanum subsp. fontanum
Distribution
Northern Iceland: Frequent
Northern Fennoscandia: Scattered
Kanin - Pechora: Present (Frequency unknown)
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Presence uncertain
Western Greenland: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Cerastium fontanum subsp. scandicum Gartner, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 113: 68 (1939). Described from Greenland, Iceland, the Faeroes, Scandinavia, the Kola Peninsula, and the Arkhangelsk region. Numerous syntypes cited.
2n=
140 144 (8x). - Europe. - Numerous reports.
Not included: Reports of 2n = 72, 140, and 144 from North America (Taylor and Mulligan 1968; Mulligan 1984; Shildneck and Jones 1986). The subspecies is not yet accepted from mainland North America. The reports probably belong to subsp. vulgare.
Geography: Amphi-Atlantic (E) - European: ICE NOR RUS GRL.
Notes: Even if subsp. fontanum is not regularly recognized in the majority of Russian floras, it must be frequent in parts of European Russia. Kuzeneva (1956) mapped it as such for the Murman area and other sources report it east to the Kanin Peninsula.
Higher Taxa
- Cerastium fontanum [420212,species]