Claytonia arctica Adam

Claytonia arctica Adams, Mem. Soc. Xat. Mosc. 5: 94. 1817
Claytonia Joanniana Schultes. in R. & S. Syst. Veg. 5: 434. 1819.
Claytonia Chamissoi DC. Prodr. 3:361. 182S. Not C. Chamissoi Ledeb. 1825.
Claytonia acuti folia I.edeb. Fl. Alt. 1: 253. 1829.
Claytonia arctica var. (vegetior) Cham. Linnaea 6: 559. 1831.
Claytonia sannenlosa Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald 27. 1852. Not C. sarmenlosa C. Meyer, 1829.
Perennial, with a fleshy taproot 5-10 cm. thick; stems several, 7-15 cm. high; basal leaves vernal, 3-7 cm. long, the blade spatulate, 1-1.5 cm. wide, decurrent on the petiole; stem-leaves sessile, suborbicular to ovate, rounded to acute at the apex, 1-3 cm. long; racemes 5-8 cm. long, 3-7-flowered; pedicels 1-2 cm. long; sepals unequal, rounded-ovate, 5-6 mm. long; petals white, broadly obovate or obcordate, emarginate at the apex, veiny; capsule 5 mm. long; seeds rounded-oval 2 mm. long, black.
Type locality: Pribilof Islands.
Distribution: Alaska; Aleutian and Pribilof islands; also in Siberia, west to the Altai.