| Claytonia sarmentosa C.A. Mey. | |
| Publ. & Syn. | C.A. Mey., Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 1: 137 (1829). Holotype (LE): Alaska: the Pribilof Islands, St. George Island, leg. Eschscholtz. - Montia sarmentosa (C.A. Mey.) B.L. Rob. in A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1, 2: 272 (1897). |
| Notes | The chromosome number variation in this morphologically distinct species should warn us against assigning too much importance to chromosome number differences in the taxonomy of northern Claytonias. |
| Chromosomes | (1) 10. - Far East (N), Alaska, Canada (NW). - At least four reports. (2) 14. - Alaska. - Davis and Bowmer (1966). (3) 15. - Alaska. - Lewis and Suda (1968). (4) 16. - Alaska. - Davis and Bowmer (1966, two counts). (5) 28. - Alaska. - Davis and Bowmer (1966). (6) 32. - Alaska. - Davis and Bowmer (1966). |
| Geography | Amphi-Beringian: RFE ALA CAN. |
| Distribution | N = F AN = s C = ? D = F E = F CE = f AW = f [ key ] |
| Parent taxon | Claytonia L. |
| PAF ID | 440108 |