Claytonia ogilviensis
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| Species: | C. ogilviensis
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| Claytonia ogilviensis | |
Claytonia ogilviensis, common name Ogilvie Mountains spring beauty, is a plant endemic to the Ogilvie Mountains north of Dawson City in the Yukon Territory of Canada. These mountains extend into Alaska, and one of the known populations is less than 1 km from the border, so it would not be surprising if the plant were to be found in Alaska as well.[1][2]
Claytonia ogilviensis is a perennial herb with round or turnip-shaped tubers up to 25 mm in diameter, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Stems are up to 8 cm tall. Leaves are generally round, up to 2.5 cm in diameter. Flowers are borne in umbels with leaf-like bracts. Flowers are bright purple, up to 20 mm in diameter. [1][3][4]
References
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 4 p 465
- ^ University of Alaska Anchorage, Plant Field Guide, Ogilvie Mountains spring beauty
- ^ McNeill, John. 1972. New taxa of Claytonia section Claytonia (Portulacaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 50(9): 1895–1896.
- ^ Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.