Draba incerta |
Tomostima platycarpa(synonym of Draba cuneifolia) |
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Yellowstone draba |
flat-podded whitlow-grass |
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Habit | Plants perennial, cespitose, often pulvinate, scapose; caudices many-branched, some terminated in sterile rosettes. | Plants hirsute with simple and stalked, 2–4-rayed trichomes. |
Stems | (1.5)4–14(21) cm; simple, pubescent with simple and 2–5-rayed or mostly subpectinate trichomes, sometimes glabrous distally. |
(3)5–32(40) cm; simple or branched above base. |
Basal leaves | rosulate, narrowly oblanceolate to linear; (4)6–17(25) × (1)1.5–3.5(5) mm; margins entire, ciliate; midveins usually obscure; surfaces pubescent with short-stalked, pectinate trichomes; at least a few 4–6-rayed, adaxially sometimes glabrous. |
obovate to spatulate or oblanceolate, 1–4.5 × 0.5–2.5(3) cm; margins dentate; petioles obscure. |
Cauline leaves | absent or rarely 1, linear to oblong. |
4–8(14), similar to basal. |
Inflorescences | 3–14(30)-flowered; rachises straight, glabrous or pubescent, fruiting pedicels ascending; straight; (2.5)4–11(27) mm. |
lax in fruit, 12–45(60)-flowered, pubescent, fruiting pedicels horizontal to divaricate, 4–9(11) mm. |
Flowers | sepals ovate, 2.5–3.5(4) mm; petals oblanceolate to obovate, 4–6 × 1.5–2.5 mm, yellow fading to white; ovules 8–16(20) per ovary; styles 0.2–0.9 mm. |
sepals 1.4–2.2 mm, pubescent; petals oblanceolate; (1.7)2.5–3.5(4) × 1–2 mm; ovules (28)40–70(82) per ovary; styles 0.01–0.2 mm. |
Fruits | broadly ovate to lanceolate, flattened, untwisted, 5–9(11) × 2–4 mm, glabrous or puberulent with simple and 2-rayed trichomes. |
silicles, obovate to obovate-oblong, 5–8.2(9.5) × (2.4)2.8–3.7(4) mm; widest above middle, pubescent with antrorse; simple trichomes. |
Seeds | oblong, flattened, 1.1–1.5 × 0.7–1 mm; wingless. |
0.5–0.7 × 0.3–0.5 mm. |
2n | =112. |
=16, 32. |
Draba incerta |
Tomostima platycarpa |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rock outcrops, talus, gravelly areas. Flowering Jun–Aug. 2300–2500 m. BW. ID, NV, WA; north to AK, northeast to Northwest Territories, east to WY, southeast to CO, Quebec. Native. |
Rocky hillsides, gravelly and sandy areas, dry plains, roadsides. Flowering Feb–Mar. 300–1000 m. BW. ID, WA; scattered in western and south central US, Mexico. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 480 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 521 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Draba incerta var. incerta | Draba cuneifolia, Draba cuneifolia var. platycarpa, Draba platycarpa |
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