810410 Euphrasia hyperborea Jørg.
Distribution
Northern Fennoscandia: Rare
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Rare
Kharaulakh: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Jørg., Bergens Mus. Årbok 1916-1917, Naturv. r. 5: 255 (1919). Lectotype (BG): Norway: Troms, Tromsø, Langnes, 24. Aug. 1908, leg. E. Jørgensen (Yeo 1978: 275).
Geography: European (N) - Asian (N): NOR SIB.
Notes: Gusarova and Elven: Euphrasia hyperborea is a conspicuously large-flowered plant, with lilac flowers from very low nodes (2.-3. node), and usually eglandular. It is also ecologically special as it mainly is found in oligotrophic-mesotrophic ericaceous birch forests, often in very large amounts, and not in grasslands like the others. Jørgensen (1919) and subsequent western European and Nordic authors have considered it restricted to northern (and central) Fennoscandia but this name is now applied also for large-flowered Siberian plants. Occurrence in northern European Russia (between Fennoscandia and Siberia) is to be expected.
Higher Taxa
- Euphrasia [8104,genus]