Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera lemmonii |
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ashy rockcress |
Lemmon's rockcress |
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Habit | Plants long-lived perennial; with woody caudices. | Plants long-lived perennial, somewhat cespitose; with woody caudices. |
Stems | 1–4(5) dm; lower parts with short-stalked, 2–6-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent. |
0.5–2(2.5) dm; lower parts glabrous or with scattered short-stalked, 2–6-rayed trichomes. |
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 to obovate; margins usually entire; surfaces densely to sparsely pubescent with short-stalked, 3–9-rayed trichomes, ciliate on petioles. |
Cauline leaves | (10)20–60, often concealing stem throughout, bases uppermost auriculate and sparsely to moderately pubescent. |
2–8(10), not concealing stem, bases auriculate or not; uppermost glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
Inflorescences | 8–30-flowered, fruiting pedicels reflexed, strongly recurved, 5–15 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes. |
3–12(17)-flowered, fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending to slightly descending, slightly recurved or rarely straight, 2–6 mm, glabrous or with few appressed, branched 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 or apomictic, divaricate-ascending at anthesis; sepals glabrous or sparsely pubescent; petals 3.5–6 × 1–1.5 mm, purple to lavender; sexual pollen ellipsoid, apomictic pollen spheroid; ovules 28–40(44) per ovary; styles 0.1–0.2 mm. |
Fruits | pendent, not appressed to rachis, not secund; straight to slightly curved; (3.5)5–8 cm × 2–3 mm; margins parallel, pubescent. |
divaricate-ascending to slightly descending, not appressed to rachis; secund; (1.7)2–4 cm × 1.6–2.3 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, 1.3–2 × 1–1.5 mm; wings continuous, 0.1–0.5 mm wide. |
2n | =14. |
=14. |
Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera lemmonii |
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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, talus slopes, gravelly soil in alpine and subalpine habitats. Flowering Jun–Aug. 1300–3000 m. BW, Casc. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, east to WY, southeast to UT. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 457 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 453 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Arabis subpinnatifida | Arabis lemmonii, Arabis lemmonii var. lemmonii |
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