University of Alaska Herbarium (ALA)
Museum ofthe North
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FLORA OF ALASKA
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH
Bureau of Land Management
MESA SITE
320 km S of Point Barrow
680 24' N, 1550 48' W elevation gm
> 0
Saxifraga hirculus L.
(Saxifragaceae)
Bench. Moist, relatively level tundra at base
of Mesa. Cotton Grass tussock meadow dominated
by Eriophorum spp., other graminoids, Eggisetum
spp., lichens, Saxifraga spp., and low-growing
herbs and shrubs. Flowers yellow with orange
spots on lower half of upper side of petals.
Fairly common.
Robert Watson, no. 145 28 June 1997

