University of Alaska Herbarium (ALA)
Museum ofthe Norih
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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 1m
61?
Oxytropis nigrescene (Pall.) Fisch.
subsp. bryophila (Greene) Hult.
(Fabaceae [Leguminoeae])
Mesa Slope. Dry well-drained tundra with
shallow soils or steep talus. Dominated by
Cassiope tetraqona, Dryas octapetala,
Potentilla spp., lichens, and low-growing
herbs and shrubs. Collected CQ E zlope.
Flowers purple to blue. Common.
Robert Watson, no. 49 lO June 1997

