| Oxytropis leucantha (Pall.) Bunge | |
| Publ. & Syn. | Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg 22, 1: 111 (1874) [emend. S.L. Welsh, Taxon 21: 155 (1972)]. - Astragalus leucanthus Pall., Sp. Astragal.: 59 (1800). Holotype (BM): Siberia: "e Sibiria orientali", leg. D.D. Merck. Type stated to be from the Aldan area in eastern Yakutia. |
| Notes | Elven: White-flowered. Comparing Siberian Oxytropis leucantha and European O. campestris, we find them different. We are more in doubt about the value of the two races proposed by Yurtsev. Yurtsev: The subspecies of O. leucantha differ by a complex of characters including shape and pubescence of leaflets, and shape, structure, and size of calyx and petals. Intermediates occur in contact zones or where the races are partly overlapping. Subspecies leucantha is more southern Siberian and does not reach the Arctic. |
| Chromosomes | (1) 48 (6x). - Siberia (N). - Zhukova et al. (1977). (2) 80 (10x). - Siberia. - Krogulevich and Rostovtseva (1984). (3) 96 (12x). - Siberia. - Zhukova et al. (1977, four counts); Krogulevich and Rostovtseva (1984). |
| Geography | Asian (NE). |
| Parent taxon | Oxytropis DC. |
| Child taxa |
Oxytropis leucantha subsp. subarctica Jurtz. Oxytropis leucantha subsp. tschukotcensis Jurtz. |
| PAF ID | 630625 |