863803 Mulgedium pulchellum (Pursh) G. Don
Distribution
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
Shrub Tundra: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- G. Don in Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed 3: 418 (1839). - Sonchus pulchellus Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 502 (1813). Described from "the banks of Missouri" (U.S.A.). - Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC., Prodr. 7, 1: 134 (1838). - Lactuca tatarica subsp. pulchella (Pursh) Stebbins, Madroño 5: 123 (1939).
2n=
(1) 18 (2x). - Canada, U.S.A. - Several reports.
(2) 34. - Canada, U.S.A.? - Turner et al. (1962); Löve and Löve (1982b).
Geography: North American: (CAN).
Notes: Mulgedium pulchellum reaches the Borderline Arctic on Hudson Bay. It has been reported as adventive in Churchill (Manitoba) and as native at Fawn River, 55N (Ontario), see Scoggan (1979).
Higher Taxa
- Mulgedium [8638,genus]