Aconogonon alaskanum (Small) Sojak
var. glabrescens (Hultén) H.R. Hinds
Det. Reidar Elven (O) and David F. Murray (ALA) Feb 2006
DAO - PLANTAE EXSICCATAE
(Duplicate Collections Detemiined by Specialists)
(Duplieatas vérifiés par des spécialistes)
Polygonum alaskanum (Small) Wright var. glabreseens Hulten
Canada , Northwest Territories, Mackenzie District, Reindeer
Station, also frequent in draws ofthe Caribou Hills and in silt
adjacent to the East Branch Mackenzie River.
68'42‘N, l34"08'W.
Common and weedy in waste ground of the settlement.
Succulent plant to 3 I`t.in height.
Stems eaten raw and cooked by local eskimos. _
No.l2560 W.J. Cody ' July 5,1963
(Seed in packet collected at Reindeer Station by Sven Johannson, Sept
1964).
Agriculture & /\gri~Food Canada
Agriciilliirc et agmalimentaire Canada

