| Silene repens Patrin ex Pers. | |
| Publ. & Syn. | Silene purpurata Greene, Pittonia 2: 229 (1892). Type: Alaska: on the Porcupine River, in the interior of northern Alaska, 1891, leg. J.H. Turner. - Silene repens subsp. purpurata (Greene) C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire, Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 13: 21 (1947). |
| Notes | Murray and Elven: Hultén (1968b) and Morton (2005c) argued convincingly for not to recognize subsp. purpurata. There seems to be two ploidy levels in this species but only the 2n = 24 plants are documented from the Arctic. |
| Chromosomes | (1) 24 (2x). - Russia (N), Siberia (N), Far East (N), Alaska. - Several reports. (2) 48 ca. 50 (4x). - Siberia (S), Asia (E), Far East, Alaska? - Several reports. |
| Geography | European (NE) - Asian (N/C) - amphi-Beringian: RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN. |
| Distribution | N = F AN = f C = ? D = S E = F CC = r WI = s UN = r AW = r Kh = s CW = f Tm = r KP = r [ key ] |
| Parent taxon | Silene L. |
| PAF ID | 421204 |