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420404 Minuartia dawsonensis (Britton) House

Distribution

Northern Alaska - Yukon: Rare
Central Canada: Rare
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Scattered
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

2n= (1) 30 (2x). - Canada. - Favarger (1967); Löve and Löve (1982a).
(2) 60 (4x). - Alaska. - Knaben (1968).

Geography: North American: ALA CAN.

Notes: Elven and Murray: Minuartia dawsonensis is similar in many aspects to M. stricta and has sometimes been synonymized with it. It is accepted as a species in the majority of recent studies of Minuartia (e.g., Rabeler et al. 2005). McNeill (1962) even kept it apart in sect. Sclerophylla Mattf.

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