Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera puberula |
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ashy rockcress |
hoary rockcress |
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Habit | Plants long-lived perennial; with woody caudices. | Plants short-lived perennial; with non-woody caudices. |
Stems | 1–4(5) dm; lower parts with short-stalked, 2–6-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent. |
(1)2–6.3 dm, pubescent with many short-stalked, 3–8-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 linear-oblanceolate, 1.5–5 mm wide; margins usually dentate, not ciliate; surfaces densely pubescent with short-stalked, 5–12-rayed trichomes. |
Cauline leaves | (10)20–60, often concealing stem throughout, bases uppermost auriculate and sparsely to moderately pubescent. |
7–45(65), concealing stem proximally, bases of some leaves auriculate; uppermost pubescent. |
Inflorescences | 8–30-flowered, fruiting pedicels reflexed, strongly recurved, 5–15 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes. |
10–40(64)-flowered, fruiting pedicels arched, recurved above horizontal to ascending bases, 4–10 mm, with 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, ascending to descending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals 5–9 × 0.8–1.8 mm, white to lavender; pollen ellipsoid; ovules 38–64 per ovary; styles 0.01–0.1 mm. |
Fruits | pendent, not appressed to rachis, not secund; straight to slightly curved; (3.5)5–8 cm × 2–3 mm; margins parallel, pubescent. |
closely pendent, rarely appressed to rachis, not secund, mostly straight, 3–6.5 cm × 1.9–2.2 mm; margins parallel, pubescent. |
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 × 1–1.4 mm; wings continuous, 0.1–0.3 mm wide. |
2n | =14. |
=14. |
Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera puberula |
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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, ledges, gravelly hillsides in sagebrush, pinyon-juniper forests. Flowering Apr–Jul. 800–3000 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; southeast to UT. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 457 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 456 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
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Synonyms | Arabis subpinnatifida | Arabis puberula |
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