Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera cusickii |
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ashy rockcress |
Cusick's rockcress |
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Habit | Plants long-lived perennial; with woody caudices. | Plants long-lived perennial, often cespitose; with mostly woody caudices. |
Stems | 1–4(5) dm; lower parts with short-stalked, 2–6-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent. |
1–2.5(3.8) dm; lower parts with simple trichomes only; upper parts sparsely pubescent or 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, 0.5–2 mm wide; margins entire, ciliate with simple trichomes; surfaces moderately pubescent with simple and long-stalked, 2-rayed trichomes. |
Cauline leaves | (10)20–60, often concealing stem throughout, bases uppermost auriculate and sparsely to moderately pubescent. |
10–30, often concealing stem proximally, bases auriculate or not; uppermost sparsely pubescent. |
Inflorescences | 8–30-flowered, fruiting pedicels reflexed, strongly recurved, 5–15 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes. |
5–14-flowered, unbranched, fruiting pedicels ascending; straight, 4–15(20) mm, glabrous or with few simple trichomes. |
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, ascending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals 6–10 × 2–3 mm, white to lavender, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid; ovules 56–106 per ovary; styles 0.1–0.5 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 or curved, 4–8(9.5) cm × 2.3–3 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, 1.5–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm; wings continuous, 0.1–0.2 mm wide. |
2n | =14. |
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Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera cusickii |
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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. |
Rocky slopes, sagebrush hills, basaltic bluffs, gravelly hillsides, crevices, outcrops of volcanic rock. Flowering Apr–May. 600–1700 m. BW, Casc, Col, Lava, Owy. ID, NV, WA. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 457 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 451 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
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Synonyms | Arabis subpinnatifida | Arabis cusickii |
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