University ol Alaska Herbarium (ALA)
Museum of (he North
H1145138
FLORA OF ALASKA
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH
Bureau of Land Management
MESA SITE
320 Km S of Point Barrow
630 24- N, 1550 48' W elevation jgm
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Stellaria longipgs Goldie
(Caryophyllaceae)
Bench. Moist, relatively level tundra at base
of Mesa. Cotton Grass tussock meadow dominated
by Eriophorum spp., other graminoids, Eguisetum
spp., lichens, Saxifraga spp., and low-growing
herbs and shrubs. Collected below N edge of
Mesa. Flowers white, delicate; petals bifid,
anthers brown. Fairly common.
Robert Watson, no. 116 23 June 1997

