860702 Erigeron purpuratus Greene
Distribution
Western Alaska: Rare
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Scattered
Southern Arcti Tundra: Presence uncertain
Shrub Tundra: Scattered
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- Greene, Pittonia 4: 155 (1900). Holotype (ND-G): Canada: the Yukon Territory, Ft. Selkirk, 28. June 1899, leg. M.W. Gorman 1065.
2n=
18 (2x). - Alaska. - Packer and McPherson (1974); Dawe and Murray (1979); Dawe (unpubl.).
Three other reports probably belong to E. purpuratus as Nesom (2006b) did not report a chromosome number for the related E. denalii: Hedberg (1967, Alaska); Knaben (1968, Alaska); Mulligan and Porsild (1970, northwestern Canada).
Geography: American Beringian: ALA.
Higher Taxa
- Erigeron [8607,genus]