Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera stricta |
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ashy rockcress |
Drummond's rockcress |
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Habit | Plants long-lived perennial; with woody caudices. | Plants mostly short-lived perennial, rarely biennial; with non-woody caudices. |
Stems | 1–4(5) dm; lower parts with short-stalked, 2–6-rayed trichomes; upper parts sparsely pubescent. |
1.5–8(10.2) dm; lower parts glabrous or with few sessile, malpighiaceous trichomes; upper parts 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. |
oblanceolate, 1.5–8(14) mm wide; margins entire or rarely dentate, pubescent with malpighiaceous trichomes; very rarely ciliate with few simple trichomes at petiole bases, occasionally glabrous. |
Cauline leaves | (10)20–60, often concealing stem throughout, bases uppermost auriculate and sparsely to moderately pubescent. |
6–52, concealing stem proximally, bases auriculate; uppermost glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 8–30-flowered, fruiting pedicels reflexed, strongly recurved, 5–15 mm, with appressed, branched trichomes. |
8–35(80)-flowered, fruiting pedicels erect; straight, 5–18(25) mm, 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; erect at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals (5)7–11 × 1.5–2.7 mm, white to lavender; pollen ellipsoid; ovules 110–216 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. |
erect, appressed to rachis, not secund; straight, 4–9(10.2) cm × 1.5–3.5 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. |
biseriate, 1.3–2.2 × 1–1.6 mm; wings distal and lateral, 0.3–0.8 mm wide. |
2n | =14. |
=14. |
Boechera subpinnatifida |
Boechera stricta |
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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, gravelly soil in sagebrush and mountain shrub communities, open conifer and hardwood forests, alpine meadows. Flowering May–Aug. 700–2800 m. BR, BW. CA, WA; throughout Canada and western US. 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 drummondii |
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