862220b Artemisia tilesii subsp. elatior (Torr. & A. Gray) Hultén
Distribution
Western Alaska: Scattered
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Rare
Central Canada: Rare
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Rare
Southern Arcti Tundra: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Scattered
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Hultén, Acta Univ. Lund., n. s., sect. 2, 46, 1: 1572 (1950). - Artemisia tilesii var. elatior Torr. & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 422 (1843). Described from "Subarctic America" (i.e., Canada), leg. Richardson.
- Artemisia gormanii Rydb., N. Amer. Fl. 34, 3: 267 (1916). Type (US): Alaska: the Lake Iliamna region, S of Iliamna Pt., leg. Gorman 281. - Artemisia tilesii subsp. gormanii (Rydb.) Hultén, Acta Univ. Lund., n. s., sect. 2, 46, 1: 1573 (1950).
2n=
(1) 18 (2x). - Alaska. - Johnson and Packer (1968); Dawe and Murray (1981c). For subsp. elatior, three counts.
(2) 36 (4x). - Alaska, Canada. - At least three reports for subsp. elatior and subsp. gormanii.
Geography: American Pacific/Beringian - Cordilleran: ALA CAN.
Notes: Hultén (1968a) considered subsp. gormanii a local race in south-central Alaska. It reaches the Arctic west of the Kuskokwim Mountains.
Higher Taxa
- Artemisia tilesii [862220,species]