Aurinia petraea |
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goldentuft |
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Habit | Plants slightly woody at base; finely stellate-pubescent. |
Stems | usually several, 1.5–6 dm. |
Basal leaves | petiole 0.3–2.5(–3.5) cm; blade obovate-oblong, 2.5–8 cm × 3–10 mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire, sinuate, or pinnatifid, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces densely pubescent. |
Cauline leaves | blade oblanceolate to linear. |
Racemes | considerably elongated in fruit. |
Flowers | sepals yellowish, 1.5–2 × 0.5–1 mm, scarious at margins, finely pubescent; petals 3–4.5 × 1.2–2 mm, attenuate to clawlike base; filaments with basal wing or appendage to 0.5 mm, 1.2–2 mm; anthers 0.3–0.5 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | 3–8 mm. |
Fruits | divaricate-ascending, ellipsoid to obovoid, inflated at middle, slightly flattened at margin, 3–6 × 2–4 mm; style slender. |
Seeds | winged throughout, 1.5–1.8 mm diam.; wing 0.1–0.3 mm wide. |
2n | = 16. |
Aurinia petraea |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Cliffs, gorges, rocky slopes |
Distribution |
NY; s Europe [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | Aurinia petraea is cultivated as an ornamental and is known to be naturalized in the gorge, Oneida (near Trenton Falls) and Ulster counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 251. |
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Synonyms | Alyssum petraeum |
Name authority | (Arduino) Schur: Enum. Pl. Transsilv., 61. (1866) |
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