Boechera puberula |
Boechera acutina |
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hoary rockcress |
sharp-podded rockcress |
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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. |
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Boechera puberula |
Boechera acutina |
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Distribution | ||
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 |
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Synonyms | Arabis puberula | Arabis acutina, Arabis x divaricarpa, Arabis x divaricarpa var. interposita |
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