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Boechera subpinnatifida

ashy rockcress

Cobre rockcress, masonic rockcress

Habit Plants long-lived perennial; with woody caudices. Plants long-lived perennial, often cespitose; with somewhat woody caudices.
Stems

1–4(5) dm; lower parts with short-stalked, 2–6-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent.

(1.2)2.5–6 dm; lower parts with short-stalked, 4–10-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent to 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 to narrowly oblanceolate, 1–4 mm wide;

margins entire;

surfaces densely pubescent with short-stalked, 4–10-rayed trichomes, ciliate near petiole bases with simple trichomes.

Cauline leaves

(10)20–60, often concealing stem throughout, bases uppermost auriculate and sparsely to moderately pubescent.

5–10, not concealing stem, bases auriculate; uppermost usually sparsely pubescent.

Inflorescences

8–30-flowered, fruiting pedicels reflexed, strongly recurved, 5–15 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes.

10–25-flowered, fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending to horizontal, often straight proximally, usually strongly recurved or reflexed distally, 4–17 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes or rarely 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.

sexual, divaricate-ascending at anthesis;

sepals pubescent;

petals 3.5–6 × 0.7–1 mm, white to lavender;

pollen ellipsoid;

ovules 34–60(64) per ovary;

styles 0.05–0.2 mm.

Fruits

pendent, not appressed to rachis, not secund; straight to slightly curved; (3.5)5–8 cm × 2–3 mm;

margins parallel, pubescent.

pendent, not appressed to rachis, not secund; straight or slightly curved, 2.5–5.5 cm × 1.7–2.5 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, 1.4–1.8 × 1–1.2 mm;

wings continuous, 0.25–0.5 mm wide.

2n

=14.

=14.

Boechera subpinnatifida

Boechera cobrensis

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.

Sandy soil, under shelter of shrubs in semi-desert communities. Flowering May–Jun. 1300–2600 m. BR, Lava. CA, ID, NV; east to WY. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 457
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 450
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. acutina, B. atrorubens, B. breweri, B. calderi, B. cascadensis, 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 cobrensis, Arabis cobrensis var. cobrensis
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