Mertensia drummondii (Lehm.) G. Don
Publ. & Syn.G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 319 (1837-1838). - Lithospermum drummondii Lehm., Nov. Stirp. Pug. 2: 26 (1830). Described from northwestern North America.
NotesMertensia drummondii is an interesting but little studied American Beringian shelf plant known from northern Alaska and northwestern Canada east to southernmost Victoria Island. It does not have any obvious morphologically close relatives among the other Mertensia species that reach the Arctic.
Chromosomes24 (4x). - Alaska. - Dawe and Murray (1981c).
GeographyAmerican Beringian: ALA CAN.
Distribution AN = r     C = R     D = R     E = R     CC = r     [ key ]
Parent taxonMertensia Roth
PAF ID830402
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
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