Boechera dentata |
Boechera evadens |
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Short's rockcress |
hidden rockcress |
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Habit | Biennials; short-lived; sexual; caudex present or absent. | Perennials; long-lived; (cespitose); sexual; caudex woody. |
Stems | usually 2–4 per plant or caudex branch, arising from margin of rosette near ground surface, or arising laterally proximal to sterile shoots, 2–6 dm, pubescent proximally, trichomes short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.15–0.4 mm, sparsely pubescent or glabrous distally. |
usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, 1–2.5 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes short-stalked, 2–5-rayed, 0.2–0.6 mm, and sparse, simple ones to 1 mm, glabrous distally. |
Basal leaves | blade obovate to oblanceolate, (6–)10–45 mm wide, margins dentate, not ciliate, surfaces sparsely pubescent, abaxially trichomes short-stalked, 3- or 4-rayed, 0.15–0.4 mm, adaxially simple ones, 0.4–1 mm. |
blade narrowly oblanceolate, 1.5–3 mm wide, margins entire, ciliate along petiole, trichomes (simple), to 1 mm, surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 4–8-rayed, 0.1–0.2 mm. |
Cauline leaves | 4–20, rarely concealing stem; blade auricles 1–8 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves sparsely pubescent. |
3–5, not concealing stem; blade auricles 0.5–1 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves pubescent. |
Racemes | 14–66-flowered, sparingly branched. |
10–22-flowered, unbranched. |
Flowers | divaricate at anthesis; sepals glabrous or sparsely pubescent; petals white or cream, 2–3.5 × 0.7–1 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid. |
ascending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals white, 3–4 × 0.5–0.8 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate-ascending to slightly descending, straight, 1–6 mm, glabrous or pubescent, trichomes appressed, branched. |
divaricate-ascending, straight, 4–8 mm, sparsely pubescent, trichomes appressed, branched. |
Fruits | divaricate-ascending to slightly descending, not appressed to rachis, not secund, straight or slightly curved, edges parallel, 1.3–4.2 cm × 0.7–0.8 mm; valves usually sparsely pubescent throughout, rarely glabrous; ovules 14–44 per ovary; style 0.1–0.5 mm. |
divaricate-ascending, not appressed to rachis, not secund, straight, edges parallel, 3–4 cm × 1.2–1.5 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 46–52 per ovary; style ca. 0.1 mm. |
Seeds | uniseriate, 0.7–1.1 × 0.5–0.6 mm; not winged. |
uniseriate, 1–1.1 × 0.9–1 mm; wing continuous, ca. 0.1 mm wide. |
Boechera dentata |
Boechera evadens |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering Jun. |
Habitat | Bluffs and rocky ledges, wooded slopes, floodplains | Rock outcrops |
Elevation | 100-300 m (300-1000 ft) | ca. 2600 m (ca. 8500 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; DC; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MD; MI; MN; MO; NE; NY; OH; OK; PA; SD; TN; VA; WI; WV; ON
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CA |
Discussion | Sisymbrium dentatum Torrey is an illegitimate name that pertains to Iodanthus dentatus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Boechera evadens is a sexual taxon that was originally interpreted as a disjunct population of Arabis (Boechera) fernaldiana, but is easily distinguished from that species by having much shorter (3–4 versus 7–12 mm) petals, larger (0.2–0.6 versus 0.04–0.1 mm) trichomes proximally on stems, and shorter (3–4 versus 4–7.5 cm) fruits (see M. D. Windham and I. A. Al-Shehbaz 2006 for additional distinctions). It is known only from the holotype specimen collected near Sherman Pass in Tulare County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 373. | FNA vol. 7, p. 376. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Boechereae > Boechera | Brassicaceae > tribe Boechereae > Boechera |
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Synonyms | Shortia dentata, Arabis dentata var. phalacrocarpa, Arabis perstellata var. shortii, Arabis shortii, Arabis shortii var. phalacrocarpa, B. shortii, Iodanthus dentatus | |
Name authority | (Rafinesque) Al-Shehbaz & Zarucchi: Harvard Pap. Bot. 13: 293. (2008) | Windham & Al-Shehbaz: Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 66. (2006) |
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