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Boechera subpinnatifida

ashy rockcress

sharp-podded rockcress

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.

Boechera subpinnatifida

Boechera acutina

Distribution
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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
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. puberula, B. rectissima, B. retrofracta, B. rollei, B. sparsiflora, B. stricta, 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 subpinnatifida Arabis acutina, Arabis x divaricarpa, Arabis x divaricarpa var. interposita
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