630504b Astragalus alpinus var. arcticus (Sondén) Lindm.
Distribution
Northern Fennoscandia: Frequent
Kanin - Pechora: Frequent
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Presence uncertain
Yamal - Gydan: Presence uncertain
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Presence uncertain
Anabar - Onenyo: Presence uncertain
Kharaulakh: Presence uncertain
Yana - Kolyma: Presence uncertain
West Chukotka: Presence uncertain
Wrangel Island: Presence uncertain
South Chukotka: Presence uncertain
East Chukotka: Frequent
Western Alaska: Scattered
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Mid Arctic Tundra: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Frequent
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Lindm., Sv. Fanerogamfl.: 389 (1918). - Astragalus alpinus f. arcticus "arctica" Sondén, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 1: 233-234 (1907). Described from the lake Torneträsk area in Torne lappmark (Sweden).
- Astragalus arcticus Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg 15, 1: 27 (1869), non Willd. (1814), nec (R.Br.) Spreng. (1827). Described from "Lapponia fennica et rossica ... in terra Samojedorum ... in insula Novaja Semlia ... et in Sibiria orientali arctica" (Finland, European Russia, and Siberia). - Astragalus alpinus subsp. arcticus (Bunge) Lindm., Sv. Fanerogamfl., ed. 2: 384 (1926) comb. illeg. and (Bunge) Hultén, Acta Univ. Lund., n. s., sect. 2, 43, 1: 1083 (1947) comb. superfl. et illeg..
- Astragalus subpolaris Boriss. & Schischk., Fl. URSS 12: 44 (1946). Nomen novum for Phaca lapponica DC., Prodr. 2: 274 (1825), non Astragalus lapponicus Burnat (1912). Described from arctic Europe and Siberia. Type probably in G-DC.
2n=
16 (2x) and 32 (4x). - See the species.
Geography: European (N) - Asian (N) - amphi-Beringian: NOR RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN.
Higher Taxa
- Astragalus alpinus [630504,species]