Panarctic Flora

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421207 Silene uniflora Roth

Distribution

Northern Iceland: Frequent
Northern Fennoscandia: Scattered
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

GBIF

2n= 24 (2x). - Europe (N, W). - Numerous reports.

Geography: European Atlantic: ICE NOR RUS.

Notes: The Icelandic plant differs morphologically from the other northwestern European ones and has been described as Silene maritima subsp. islandica. Its status is unresolved. The diagnostic characters reported by Löve and Löve (1950) are vague, as compared with S. uniflora (S. maritima) s. str.: "folia crassiora et viridiora, breviora et latiora; flores majores; habitus caespitosus; rami saepissime uni vel biflori". All these characters are also found in other European populations but perhaps not in as constant a combination as in the Icelandic plants.

Higher Taxa