Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera cascadensis |
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ashy rockcress |
Cascade rockcress |
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Habit | Plants long-lived perennial; with woody caudices. | Plants long-lived perennial, cespitose; with somewhat woody caudices. |
Stems | 1–4(5) dm; lower parts with short-stalked, 2–6-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent. |
0.5–2.2 dm; lower parts with few simple and short-stalked, 2- or 3-rayed trichomes; upper parts 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. |
linear-oblanceolate, 0.7–2 mm wide; margins entire, ciliate proximally; surfaces densely pubescent with simple and short-stalked; (2)3–6-rayed trichomes. |
Cauline leaves | (10)20–60, often concealing stem throughout, bases uppermost auriculate and sparsely to moderately pubescent. |
4–6, not concealing stem, bases auriculate; uppermost glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 8–30-flowered, fruiting pedicels reflexed, strongly recurved, 5–15 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes. |
3–11-flowered, unbranched, fruiting pedicels ascending to divaricate-ascending; straight, 3–8 mm, 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 glabrous or sparsely pubescent; petals 5–6 × 1–1.7 mm, lavender, glabrous; pollen spheroid; ovules 58–80 per ovary; styles 0.8–1.5 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 to divaricate-ascending, not appressed to rachis, not secund; straight, 3.5–6.2 cm × 1.2–1.5 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, 1.1–1.3 × 0.9–1 mm; wings continuous, 0.05–0.1 mm wide. |
2n | =14. |
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Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera cascadensis |
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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. |
Cliffs and rocky slopes in subalpine areas. Flowering Jun–Jul. 1300–2000 m. BW. WA. Native. A rare Pacific Northwest endemic, this species has not been collected since 1936. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 457 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 450 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Arabis subpinnatifida | |
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