Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera cobrensis |
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ashy rockcress |
Cobre rockcress, masonic rockcress |
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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 |
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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. |
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 | ||
Synonyms | Arabis subpinnatifida | Arabis cobrensis, Arabis cobrensis var. cobrensis |
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