Boechera puberula |
Boechera divaricarpa |
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hoary rockcress |
spreading-pod rockcress |
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Habit | Plants short-lived perennial; with non-woody caudices. | Plants biennial or short-lived perennial; without woody caudices. |
Stems | (1)2–6.3 dm, pubescent with many short-stalked, 3–8-rayed trichomes. |
(1.5)3–9 dm; lower parts glabrous or with sessile, 2–4-rayed and few simple trichomes; upper parts 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, 2–10 mm wide; margins entire or rarely denticulate, ciliate with simple trichomes; surfaces pubescent with sessile or subsessile, 2–6-rayed trichomes. |
Cauline leaves | 7–45(65), concealing stem proximally, bases of some leaves auriculate; uppermost pubescent. |
(10)15–56, concealing stem proximally, bases auriculate; uppermost glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 10–40(64)-flowered, fruiting pedicels arched, recurved above horizontal to ascending bases, 4–10 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes. |
12–40(65)-flowered, fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending to horizontal; straight, 5–12 mm, 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, divaricate-ascending at anthesis; sepals glabrous or with scattered trichomes; petals 6–9 × 1.5–3 mm, purple or rarely lavender; pollen spheroid; ovules 114–142 per ovary; styles 0.05–0.2 mm. |
Fruits | closely pendent, rarely appressed to rachis, not secund, mostly straight, 3–6.5 cm × 1.9–2.2 mm; margins parallel, pubescent. |
divaricate-ascending to horizontal, not appressed to rachis, not secund; straight; (4.5)5.5–11 cm × 1.7–2.5 mm; margins parallel, glabrous. |
Seeds | uniseriate, 1.4–1.8 × 1–1.4 mm; wings continuous, 0.1–0.3 mm wide. |
uniseriate to subbiseriate, 1.4–2 × 1–1.5 mm; wings continuous, 0.1–0.2 mm wide. |
2n | =14. |
=21. |
Boechera puberula |
Boechera divaricarpa |
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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. |
Talus slopes, rock outcrops, gravelly hillsides in sagebrush, shrublands, open conifer forests. Flowering Jun–Jul. 1500–2800 m. BR, BW, Casc, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; northeast to MT, east to WY. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 456 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 451 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Arabis puberula | Arabis x divaricarpa, Arabis x divaricarpa var. divaricarpa |
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