800304a Veronica alpina subsp. alpina
Distribution
Northern Iceland: Frequent
Northern Fennoscandia: Frequent
Kanin - Pechora: Frequent
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Scattered
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Rare
Western Greenland: Frequent
Eastern Greenland: Frequent
Mid Arctic Tundra: Scattered
Southern Arcti Tundra: Frequent
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
2n=
(1) 18 (2x). - Europe (N), Russia (N), Greenland. - Numerous reports.
(2) 36 (4x). - Europe (Norway). - Knaben and Engelskjøn (1967, a single tetraploid count, probably from a random autotetraploid).
Not included: A report of 2n = 18 (2x) from Tiksi in northern Siberia (Sokolovskaya and Strelkova 1960). This species and all its relatives are absent from northern Siberia (Polozhij 1996). The report is therefore a mystery.
Geography: Amphi-Atlantic (E) - European (N): ICE NOR RUS CAN GRL.
Higher Taxa
- Veronica alpina [800304,species]