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hoary rockcress

sharp-podded rockcress

Habit Plants short-lived perennial; with non-woody caudices. Plants biennial or short-lived perennial; with or without caudices.
Stems

(1)2–6.3 dm, pubescent with many short-stalked, 3–8-rayed trichomes.

1.5–6 dm; lower parts with many sessile, 2–4-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent or rarely glabrous.

Basal leaves

oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, 1.5–5 mm wide;

margins usually dentate, not ciliate;

surfaces densely pubescent with short-stalked, 5–12-rayed trichomes.

oblanceolate, 1.5–6 mm wide;

margins entire or rarely denticulate, ciliate proximally with simple trichomes;

surfaces pubescent with sessile, 3–5(6)-rayed trichomes.

Cauline leaves

7–45(65), concealing stem proximally, bases of some leaves auriculate; uppermost pubescent.

2–20(38), often concealing stem proximally, bases auriculate.

Inflorescences

10–40(64)-flowered, fruiting pedicels arched, recurved above horizontal to ascending bases, 4–10 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes.

5–20(36)-flowered, mostly unbranched, fruiting pedicels erect to ascending, mostly straight, 3–10 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes or glabrous.

Flowers

sexual, ascending to descending at anthesis;

sepals pubescent;

petals 5–9 × 0.8–1.8 mm, white to lavender;

pollen ellipsoid;

ovules 38–64 per ovary;

styles 0.01–0.1 mm.

apomictic, ascending at anthesis;

sepals pubescent;

petals 5–7 × 0.9–1.3 mm, white or lavender, glabrous;

pollen spheroid;

ovules 46–100 per ovary;

styles 0.3–1 mm.

Fruits

closely pendent, rarely appressed to rachis, not secund, mostly straight, 3–6.5 cm × 1.9–2.2 mm;

margins parallel, pubescent.

ascending, not appressed to rachis, not secund; straight, 2.5–7.5 cm × 1.2–1.8 mm;

margins parallel, glabrous.

Seeds

uniseriate, 1.4–1.8 × 1–1.4 mm;

wings continuous, 0.1–0.3 mm wide.

uniseriate, 1.8–2.2 × 1–1.4 mm;

wings continuous, 0.1–0.4 mm wide.

2n

=14.

Boechera puberula

Boechera acutina

Distribution
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Discussion

Rocky slopes, ledges, gravelly hillsides in sagebrush, pinyon-juniper forests. Flowering Apr–Jul. 800–3000 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; southeast to UT. Native.

Meadows, gravelly slopes, open forests. Flowering Jun–Jul. 1200–2200 m. BW, Casc, ECas, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 456
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 449
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Sibling taxa
B. acutina, B. atrorubens, B. breweri, B. calderi, B. cascadensis, B. cobrensis, B. covillei, B. cusickii, B. davidsonii, B. divaricarpa, B. drepanoloba, B. hastatula, B. horizontalis, B. howellii, B. koehleri, B. lemmonii, B. lyallii, B. microphylla, B. paddoensis, B. pauciflora, B. paupercula, B. pendulocarpa, B. pinetorum, B. platysperma, B. pratincola, B. rectissima, B. retrofracta, B. rollei, B. sparsiflora, B. stricta, B. subpinnatifida, B. suffrutescens
B. atrorubens, B. breweri, B. calderi, B. cascadensis, B. cobrensis, B. covillei, B. cusickii, B. davidsonii, B. divaricarpa, B. drepanoloba, B. hastatula, B. horizontalis, B. howellii, B. koehleri, B. lemmonii, B. lyallii, B. microphylla, B. paddoensis, B. pauciflora, B. paupercula, B. pendulocarpa, B. pinetorum, B. platysperma, B. pratincola, B. puberula, B. rectissima, B. retrofracta, B. rollei, B. sparsiflora, B. stricta, B. subpinnatifida, B. suffrutescens
Synonyms Arabis puberula Arabis acutina, Arabis x divaricarpa, Arabis x divaricarpa var. interposita
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