Dumontia alaskana
Purple pencils
- Authority
- V.Tai, S.C.Lindstrom & G.W.Saunders
Habitat
A spring annual often gone by June, it is found on rock in mid intertidal tidepools of semi-exposed to protected habitats.
North Pacific Distribution
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to Southeast Alaska; Korea
Former scientific names
misidentified as Dumontia contorta, Dumontia filiformis, Dumontia incrassata
Similar taxa
Hollow forms of Devaleraea callophylloides have a more papery texture and are usually more proliferously branched.
References
Last updated December 26, 2010