Boechera puberula |
Boechera sparsiflora |
|
---|---|---|
hoary rockcress |
sicklepod rockcress |
|
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. |
3–8 dm; lower parts densely pubescent with simple and short-stalked, 2-rayed trichomes to 1.5 mm; upper parts glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
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 or linear-oblanceolate, 3–12 mm wide; margins entire or rarely dentate, ciliate proximally; surfaces densely pubescent with simple and short-stalked, 2–5-rayed trichomes. |
Cauline leaves | 7–45(65), concealing stem proximally, bases of some leaves auriculate; uppermost pubescent. |
(9)15–35, often concealing stem proximally, bases auriculate; uppermost glabrous or ciliate. |
Inflorescences | 10–40(64)-flowered, fruiting pedicels arched, recurved above horizontal to ascending bases, 4–10 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes. |
12–50-flowered, fruiting pedicels ascending or horizontal; straight or slightly recurved, 3–10(18) mm, with spreading, mostly simple trichomes, rarely 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. |
sexual, ascending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals 7–13 × 2–5 mm, lavender to purple, rarely white; pollen ellipsoid; ovules 90–170 per ovary; styles 0.1–0.3 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 or rarely horizontal, not appressed to rachis, not secund, usually curved, 5–13 cm × 1.7–2 mm; margins parallel, glabrous. |
Seeds | uniseriate, 1.4–1.8 × 1–1.4 mm; wings continuous, 0.1–0.3 mm wide. |
uniseriate, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm; wings continuous, 0.1–0.2 mm wide. |
2n | =14. |
=14. |
Boechera puberula |
Boechera sparsiflora |
|
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. |
Clay hills, meadows, rocky slopes, sandy soil in sagebrush and mountain shrub communities, open conifer forests. Flowering Apr–Jun. 400–2500 m. BR, BW, ECas, Lava, Owy, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, southeast to UT. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 456 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 457 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Arabis puberula | Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora |
Web links |
|
|