861205 Arnica lessingii (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene
Distribution
Western Alaska: Frequent
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Southern Arcti Tundra: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Greene, Pittonia 4: 167 (1900). - Arnica angustifolia var. lessingii Torr. & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 449 (1843). Described from "Alaskan shores and islands".
- Arnica lessingii subsp. norbergii Hultén & Maguire, Madroño 6: 155 (1942). Holotype (S!): Alaska: the Valdez area, Orca, 14. Aug. 1937, leg. Norberg.
- Arnica porsildiorum B. Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 75: 210 (1948). Holotype (CAN): Alaska: the Seward Peninsula, 1926, leg. A.E. Porsild & R.T. Porsild 1402.
2n=
(1) 38 (2x). - Alaska. - At least three reports.
(2) 57 (3x). - Canada (Yukon). - Mulligan and Porsild (1969b).
(3) 76 (4x). - Far East (N), Alaska. - At least four reports.
Geography: Asian Pacific - amphi-Beringian (E): ALA CAN.
Notes: Hultén (1968a) mapped Arnica lessingii from East Chukotka but it has not been accepted from there by Russian authors. Barkalov (1992) mapped it as frequent in Kamtchatka but not farther north.
Higher Taxa
- Arnica [8612,genus]