830401c Mertensia maritima subsp. tenella (Th. Fr.) Elven & Skarpaas
Distribution
Northern Iceland: Rare
Svalbard - Franz Joseph Land: Scattered
West Chukotka: Rare
Wrangel Island: Scattered
South Chukotka: Rare
East Chukotka: Frequent
Western Alaska: Frequent
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Central Canada: Scattered
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Frequent
Ellesmere Island: Rare
Western Greenland: Frequent
Eastern Greenland: Rare
Northern arctic Tundra: Rare
Mid Arctic Tundra: Frequent
Southern Arcti Tundra: Frequent
Shrub Tundra: Scattered
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Rare
- Elven & Skarpaas, Nordic J. Bot. 24: 590 (2007). - Mertensia maritima var. tenella Th. Fr., Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. 26, 2: 127 (1870). Lectotype (UPS!): Norway: Svalbard, "Adventbay", 04.-09. Aug. 1868, leg. Th.M. Fries (Elven and Skarpaas in Skarpaas et al. 2007: 590).
2n=
24 (4x). - Far East (N), Alaska, Canada, Greenland. - Several reports.
Geography: Amphi-Beringian - North American (N) - amphi-Atlantic (W): NOR RFE ALA CAN GRL.
Notes: Nearly all arctic specimens inspected (ALA, CAN, DAO, O, S) from areas outside mainland Europe and Iceland conform to subsp. tenella.
Higher Taxa
- Mertensia maritima [830401,species]