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Draba incerta

Draba cyclomorpha

whitlow-wort, Yellowstone draba whitlow-wort
Habit Loosely tufted, scapose perennial, the scapes 1-20 cm. long, often with 1 bract, pubescent with stellate and irregularly branched hairs.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, somewhat imbricate, linear-oblanceolate, 7-13 mm. long and 1.5-3.5 mm. broad, the margins with simple to branched hairs, the under surface pubescent with irregularly branched hairs, with some branched along both sides of the hair stem.

Flowers

Inflorescence racemose; pedicles about equaling the fruit;

sepals 4, erect;

petals 4, yellow, fading to white, 4-5 mm. long;

stamens 6;

style 0.4-1 mm. long.

Fruits

Silicles ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, scarcely inflated, 6-10 mm. long and 2.5-3.75 mm. broad, usually pubescent with coarse, short, stiff, simple or branched hairs.

Draba incerta

Draba cyclomorpha
Flowering time June-August
Habitat Alpine and subalpine slopes.
Distribution
Occurring in the Cascades and Olympic Mountains in Washington; British Columbia and Alberta south to Washington, east to Montana and Wyoming.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
D. albertina, D. aurea, D. aureola, D. cana, D. crassifolia, D. densifolia, D. lonchocarpa, D. nemorosa, D. novolympica, D. oligosperma, D. platycarpa, D. praealta, D. reptans, D. ruaxes, D. stenoloba, D. taylori, D. taylorii, D. thompsonii, D. verna
D. albertina, D. aurea, D. aureola, D. cana, D. crassifolia, D. densifolia, D. incerta, D. lonchocarpa, D. nemorosa, D. novolympica, D. oligosperma, D. platycarpa, D. praealta, D. reptans, D. ruaxes, D. stenoloba, D. taylori, D. taylorii, D. thompsonii, D. verna
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