| Primula mistassinica Michx. | |
| Publ. & Syn. | Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 124 (1803). Holotype (P): Canada: Quebec, Rivière des Goelands, Lake Mistassini, "ad lacus mistassins Canadam inter et fretum Hudsonis", 1792, leg. Michaux. |
| Notes | Korobkov (PAF proposal) accepted Primula mistassinica from the Arctic from Canada, based on the map in Porsild and Cody (1980) where it was marked for York Factory on the southwestern Hudson Bay (Manitoba), in the Borderline Arctic. Kelso: Primula mistassinica should be taken off the list as an arctic species and should be classified as north boreal only. It is a boreal forest species and the supposed arctic chromosome number report for it listed by Löve and Löve (1975a) is a mistake (Thomas, 1961, Alaska: Pt. Lay). Both the report and the specimen is P. borealis. I know of no other records for P. mistassinica that I would consider even remotely "arctic"; it is definitely boreal-alpine. Any citations of P. mistassinica from arctic Canada are probably misidentifications of P. stricta or P. laurentiana. Elven: Primula mistassinica was found in 2003 in northwestern Alaska along the Noatak River (ALA, O), in a locality along the arctic parts of the river course in addition to non-arctic localities. It has therefore been re-entered. It was also mapped by McJannet et al. (1993) from two arctic localities northeast of Great Slave Lake. |
| Chromosomes | 18 (2x). - Canada (W, E), U.S.A. (E). - At least three reports, numerous counts. |
| Geography | North American (N): (ALA) CAN. |
| Distribution | N = S E = R CC = r AW = b [ key ] |
| Parent taxon | Primula L. |
| PAF ID | 710105 |