Stellaria laeta Richardson
C.L. Parker Nov 2000
ALA
FLORA OF ALASKA
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH
Bureau of Land Management
MESA SITE
320 km S of Point Barrow
680 24' N, 155° 48' W elevation “rn
QM'
Stellaria crassifolia Ehr.
(Caryophyllaceae)
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 on dry stony area
at top of talus slope. Flowers white. Fairly
com on.
Robert Watson, no. 147 28 June 1997

