Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera acutina |
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ashy rockcress |
sharp-podded rockcress |
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Habit | Plants long-lived perennial; with woody caudices. | Plants biennial or short-lived perennial; with or without caudices. |
Stems | 1–4(5) dm; lower parts with short-stalked, 2–6-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent. |
1.5–6 dm; lower parts with many sessile, 2–4-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent or rarely glabrous. |
Basal leaves | narrowly oblanceolate, 1–4(5) mm wide; margins prominently dentate to subpinnatifid; entire on those of sterile shoots; surfaces densely pubescent with short-stalked; (2)4–9-rayed trichomes, ciliate near petiole bases with simple or 2-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 | (10)20–60, often concealing stem throughout, bases uppermost auriculate and sparsely to moderately pubescent. |
2–20(38), often concealing stem proximally, bases auriculate. |
Inflorescences | 8–30-flowered, fruiting pedicels reflexed, strongly recurved, 5–15 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, divaricate-ascending to pendent at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals 9–14 × 1.5–3 mm, purple or rarely lavender; pollen ellipsoid; ovules 24–42 per ovary; styles 0.5–1 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 | pendent, not appressed to rachis, not secund; straight to slightly curved; (3.5)5–8 cm × 2–3 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, 2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2.2 mm; wings continuous or at both ends, 0.4–0.8 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 subpinnatifida |
Boechera acutina |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Talus, rock outcrops, gravelly soil, sagebrush-grassland communities. Flowering Mar–Jun. 100–1800 m. Lava, Sisk. CA, ID, NV; 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 457 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 449 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Arabis subpinnatifida | Arabis acutina, Arabis x divaricarpa, Arabis x divaricarpa var. interposita |
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