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860809a Antennaria media subsp. compacta (Malte) Chmiel.

Distribution

East Chukotka: Scattered
Western Alaska: Rare
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Scattered
Central Canada: Scattered
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Rare
Ellesmere Island: Scattered
Western Greenland: Scattered
Eastern Greenland: Rare
Northern arctic Tundra: Rare
Mid Arctic Tundra: Scattered
Southern Arcti Tundra: Scattered
Shrub Tundra: Scattered
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Rare

2n= (1) 56 (8x). - North America. - Chmielewski and Chinnappa (1990).
(2) 60-70 (ca. 10x). - Far East (East Chukotka). - At least three reports.

Geography: Amphi-Beringian (E) - North American (N): RFE ALA CAN GRL.

Notes: Male plants are unknown in subsp. compacta; agamospermous. Hultén (1968a) considered subsp. compacta to belong to the Antennaria friesiana group and to be widely distributed from eastern Greenland west to western Alaska and across to East Chukotka. Bayer (1993: 155) commented about subsp. compacta and A. crymophila: "Hultén's circumscription of A. friesiana subsp. compacta included A. densifolia, A. neoalaskana Porsild, which I recognize as distinct taxa, and A. crymophila Porsild as taxonomic synonyms. Antennaria compacta Malte s. str. and A. crymophila are perhaps hybrid apomicts and are included as synonyms under A. alpina ...". See also Bayer (1991).

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