Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera sparsiflora |
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ashy rockcress |
sicklepod rockcress |
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Habit | Plants long-lived perennial; with woody caudices. | Plants biennial or short-lived perennial; without woody caudices. |
Stems | 1–4(5) dm; lower parts with short-stalked, 2–6-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent. |
3–8 dm; lower parts densely pubescent with simple and short-stalked, 2-rayed trichomes to 1.5 mm; upper parts glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
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 or linear-oblanceolate, 3–12 mm wide; margins entire or rarely dentate, ciliate proximally; surfaces densely pubescent with simple and short-stalked, 2–5-rayed trichomes. |
Cauline leaves | (10)20–60, often concealing stem throughout, bases uppermost auriculate and sparsely to moderately pubescent. |
(9)15–35, often concealing stem proximally, bases auriculate; uppermost glabrous or ciliate. |
Inflorescences | 8–30-flowered, fruiting pedicels reflexed, strongly recurved, 5–15 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes. |
12–50-flowered, fruiting pedicels ascending or horizontal; straight or slightly recurved, 3–10(18) mm, with spreading, mostly simple trichomes, 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, ascending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals 7–13 × 2–5 mm, lavender to purple, rarely white; pollen ellipsoid; ovules 90–170 per ovary; styles 0.1–0.3 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 or rarely horizontal, not appressed to rachis, not secund, usually curved, 5–13 cm × 1.7–2 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 × 1–1.5 mm; wings continuous, 0.1–0.2 mm wide. |
2n | =14. |
=14. |
Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera sparsiflora |
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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. |
Clay hills, meadows, rocky slopes, sandy soil in sagebrush and mountain shrub communities, open conifer forests. Flowering Apr–Jun. 400–2500 m. BR, BW, ECas, Lava, Owy, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, southeast to UT. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 457 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 457 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Arabis subpinnatifida | Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora |
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