Dryas integrifolia subsp. integrifolia

Illustrated
Synonyms: Dryas chamissonis Sprengel ex Juzepczuk D. integrifolia var. canescens Simmons D. integrifolia subsp. chamissonis (Sprengel ex Juzepczuk) Scoggan D. integrifolia var. subintegrifolia Hultén
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 331.

Leaf blades linear to narrowly ovate, base cordate to truncate, margins usually strongly revolute, entire or crenate to serrate or dentate in proximal 2/3–3/4, apex acute. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Tundra, heathlands, rocky mountain slopes, grasslands, sandy ridges and beaches, mesic and dry areas, solifluction soil
Elevation: 0–2600 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, e Asia (Russian Far East).

Discussion

In some states and provinces, subsp. integrifolia has a limited distribution: central and northeastern Manitoba, northern Lake Superior and the Hudson Bay region of Ontario, and southeastern and northern Quebec.

In Greenland, subsp. integrifolia has widely introgressed with Dryas octopetala.

Dryas ×lewinii Rouleau (D. ×wyssiana Beauverd, name invalid) of Newfoundland is a putative hybrid between subsp. integrifolia and D. drummondii.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Joshua C. Springer +  and Bruce D. Parfitt† +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +  and e Asia (Russian Far East). +
0–2600 m +
Tundra, heathlands, rocky mountain slopes, grasslands, sandy ridges and beaches, mesic and dry areas, solifluction soil +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. +
Illustrated +
Dryas chamissonis +, D. integrifolia var. canescens +, D. integrifolia subsp. chamissonis +  and D. integrifolia var. subintegrifolia +
Dryas integrifolia subsp. integrifolia +
Dryas integrifolia +
subspecies +