Potentilla hyparctica subsp. hyparctica

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 193.

Plants: hairs common to dense. Stems 0.2–1.2 dm. Central leaflets obovate, petiolule 0–2 mm, base cuneate, teeth narrowly triangular to oblong, tooth apex subacute to obtuse. Inflorescences 1(–3)-flowered. Flowers: epicalyx bractlets narrowly to ± oblong or ovate, 1.5–2 mm wide; sepals: apex subacute to obtuse. 2n = 42.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Polar deserts, moist tundra, meadows, boulder and gravel fields, rocky outcrops, talus, mainly acidic bedrock
Elevation: 0–1500 m

Distribution

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Greenland, N.W.T., Nunavut, Que., Yukon, Alaska, Europe, Asia.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Reidar Elven +, Barbara Ertter +, David F. Murray +  and James L. Reveal +
Aureae +
Greenland +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Europe +  and Asia. +
0–1500 m +
Polar deserts, moist tundra, meadows, boulder and gravel fields, rocky outcrops, talus, mainly acidic bedrock +
Flowering late spring–summer. +
Illustrated +
Potentilla robbinsiana subsp. hyparctica +
Potentilla hyparctica subsp. hyparctica +
Potentilla hyparctica +
subspecies +