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641054a Potentilla gelida subsp. boreo-asiatica Jurtz. & Kamelin

Distribution

Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Scattered
Yamal - Gydan: Rare
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Frequent
Anabar - Onenyo: Rare
Kharaulakh: Rare
South Chukotka: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

GBIF

2n= 28 (4x). - Siberia (N), Far East (N). - Several reports.

Geography: Asian (N): RUS SIB RFE.

Notes: Yurtsev: Subspecies boreo-asiatica is a northern race with a huge range from the Urals and Cis-Ural hillocky plain east to South Chukotka. It differs from the Caucasian subsp. gelida in several characters including shape and dissection of leaves (approaching the leaf shape of Aquilegia), shape of stipules, sepals, and epicalyx segments, etc.

Higher Taxa