University of Alaska Herbarium (ALA)
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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, 1559 48' W elevation -m
5Wo
Boykinia richardsonii (Hook.) Gray
(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 white. Pungent-
spicy odor; plant covered with stipitate
glands. Com on along N and E edges of Mesa.
Robert Watson, no. 115 23 June l997

