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Waldo rock-cress

Mcdonald's rock-cress

Habit Perennials; (caudex simple or branched, covered with persistent petiolar remains); sparsely to moderately pubescent, trichomes sub-setiform, bulbous-based, simple, (to 1.5 mm), often mixed with fewer, forked, stalked ones. Perennials; (caudex simple or branched, covered with persistent petiolar remains); usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent, trichomes simple, (to 0.5 mm), not bulbous-based.
Stems

simple or few from base (caudex), erect, unbranched, (0.6–)1.5–3.5(–4.5) dm, (sparsely to densely hirsute basally or throughout).

simple or few from base (caudex), erect, unbranched, (0.6–)1.5–3(–4) dm, (glabrous).

Basal leaves

petiole 0.3–1.5 cm, (ciliate);

blade oblanceolate to obovate, (0.5–)1–3(–4) cm × (2–)3–6(–10) mm, margins entire, repand, or obtusely dentate, (ciliate), apex obtuse, surfaces pubescent, trichomes usually simple, sometimes mixed with fewer forked ones, rarely subglabrate.

petiole 0.3–1.5 cm;

blade oblanceolate to obovate, (0.5–)1–3(–4) cm × (2–)3–6(–10) mm, margins entire, repand, or obtusely dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces sometimes with individual trichomes terminating some or all leaf teeth.

Cauline leaves

3–6 (or 7);

blade oblong, 0.4–1(–1.5) cm × (1–)2–4 mm, base not auriculate, margins entire or repand, apex obtuse.

(2 or) 3–5 (or 6);

blade oblong, 0.3–1(–1.2) cm × 1–3 mm, base not auriculate, margins entire or repand, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous.

Racemes

simple, (dense).

simple, (dense).

Flowers

sepals (purple), oblong, 4–8 × 1.5–2.5 mm, lateral pair saccate basally;

petals purple, spatulate, (9–)10–18(–20) × (2.5–)3.5–6(–8) mm, apex obtuse;

filaments 4–9 mm;

anthers oblong, 1.5–2 mm.

sepals (purple), oblong, 4–8 × 1.5–2.5 mm, lateral pair saccate basally;

petals purple, spatulate, 8–16 × 2–5 mm, apex obtuse;

filaments 4–8 mm;

anthers oblong, 1.5–2 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

ascending to suberect, 8–12(–15) mm, (subglabrate or sparsely pubescent).

ascending to suberect, 3–10(–13) mm.

Fruits

ascending to suberect, not torulose, sometimes slightly curved, 3.5–6.5 cm × 1.5–2 mm;

valves each with prominent midvein extending full length;

ovules 24–36 per ovary;

style (0.7–)1–2 mm.

ascending to suberect, not torulose, sometimes slightly curved, 2–4 cm × 1.5–2 mm;

valves each with prominent midvein extending full length;

ovules 20–34 per ovary;

style 0.3–1.5 mm.

Seeds

narrowly winged nearly throughout except wider distally, oblong, 1.5–2.3 × 1–1.3 mm;

wing 0.1–0.3 mm wide.

narrowly winged distally or, rarely, not winged, oblong, 1.5–2.2 × 1–1.3 mm, wing 0.1–0.2 mm wide.

2n

= 32.

Arabis aculeolata

Arabis mcdonaldiana

Phenology Flowering Mar–May(-Jun). Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Serpentine slopes, rocky hillsides Serpentine scrap and slopes, red serpentinized soil
Elevation 200-1800 m (700-5900 ft) 200-1800 m (700-5900 ft)
Distribution
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OR
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CA; OR
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Discussion

Arabis aculeolata is known only from Curry, Douglas, and Josephine counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Of conservation concern.

Arabis mcdonaldiana is known in California from Del Norte, Mendocino, and Siskiyou counties, and in Oregon from Curry and Jackson counties. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 265. FNA vol. 7, p. 265.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Arabideae > Arabis Brassicaceae > tribe Arabideae > Arabis
Sibling taxa
A. alpina, A. blepharophylla, A. caucasica, A. crucisetosa, A. eschscholtziana, A. furcata, A. georgiana, A. mcdonaldiana, A. modesta, A. nuttallii, A. olympica, A. oregana, A. patens, A. pycnocarpa
A. aculeolata, A. alpina, A. blepharophylla, A. caucasica, A. crucisetosa, A. eschscholtziana, A. furcata, A. georgiana, A. modesta, A. nuttallii, A. olympica, A. oregana, A. patens, A. pycnocarpa
Synonyms A. blepharophylla var. mcdonaldiana, A. serpentinicola
Name authority Greene: Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 69. (1910) Eastwood: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 488, unnumb. fig. (p. 489). (1903)
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