630634 Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook.
Distribution
Central Canada: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 147 (1831). Lectotype (K): "Red River and south towards Pembina" border area between Manitoba in Canada and Minnesota and North Dakota in U.S.A., 1827, leg. Douglas (Welsh 1995: 280).
2n=
16 (2x). - Canada. - At least four reports.
Geography: North American (W): CAN.
Notes: Porsild and Cody (1980), Cody (1996), and Welsh (2001) accepted Oxytropis splendens and Porsild and Cody mapped it to reach the Arctic on Hudson Bay and possibly the Borderline Arctic near Great Bear Lake.
Higher Taxa
- Oxytropis [6306,genus]