Boechera glaucovalvula |
Boechera bodiensis |
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bluepod rockcress |
Bodie Hills rock cress |
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Habit | Perennials; short- to long-lived; sexual; caudex usually not woody. | Perennials; long-lived; (cespitose); apomictic; caudex somewhat woody. |
Stems | usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, (0.6–)1–4.5 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes short-stalked, 4–8-rayed, 0.1–0.4 mm, similarly pubescent distally. |
usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, 1.5–3.5 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes short-stalked, 5–10-rayed, to 0.7 mm, sparsely pubescent or glabrous distally. |
Basal leaves | blade linear to linear-oblanceolate, 2–4(–6) mm wide, margins entire, usually ciliate at petiole base, trichomes (simple or spurred), to 1.5 mm, surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 4–8-rayed, 0.1–0.4 mm. |
blade narrowly oblanceolate, 1–3 mm wide, margins entire, ciliate proximally, trichomes to 0.7 mm, surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 5–10-rayed, 0.08–0.25 mm. |
Cauline leaves | 6–10, not concealing stem; blade auricles absent, surfaces of distalmost leaves densely pubescent. |
4–9, not concealing stem; blade auricles 0.5–2 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves pubescent. |
Racemes | (5–)10–25-flowered, usually unbranched. |
8–25-flowered, usually unbranched. |
Flowers | divaricate at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals light purple to lavender, 6–9 × 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid. |
ascending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals lavender to purple, 4–5 × ca. 1 mm, glabrous; pollen spheroid. |
Fruiting pedicels | reflexed, strongly curved at base, 2–10 mm, pubescent, trichomes appressed, branched. |
ascending to divaricate-ascending, straight, 3–7 mm, pubescent, trichomes appressed, branched. |
Fruits | strongly reflexed, sometimes appressed to rachis, often secund, straight, edges parallel, (1.8–)2.5–4.5 cm × 5–8 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 24–62 per ovary; style 0.2–0.6 mm. |
divaricate-ascending, not appressed to rachis, not secund, straight or curved, edges parallel, 4–6.2 cm × 1.2–1.8 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 48–68 per ovary; style 0.1–0.2 mm. |
Seeds | biseriate, 5–6 × 4–5 mm; wing continuous, 1.8–2.5 mm wide. |
uniseriate, 1–1.5 × 0.8–1.2 mm; wing continuous, 0.1–0.15 mm wide. |
2n | = 14. |
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Boechera glaucovalvula |
Boechera bodiensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Apr. | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes and gravelly soil, usually under shelter of desert shrubs | Loose soil, crevices of igneous rock |
Elevation | 600-1600 m (2000-5200 ft) | 2400-2900 m (7900-9500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV
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CA; NV |
Discussion | Boechera glaucovalvula, a distinctive sexual diploid that has the widest fruits in the genus, is known from Inyo, Mono, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, California, and Clark and Nye counties, Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. In his original description, Rollins suggested that Boechera bodiensis is closely related to B. cobrensis and B. falcifructa. Subsequent studies (M. D. Windham and I. A. Al-Shehbaz, unpubl.) indicate that both B. bodiensis and B. falcifructa are apomictic hybrids containing one or more genomes derived from B. cobrensis. In the case of B. falcifructa, the second parent is clearly B. fernaldiana, but the second parent of B. bodiensis remains uncertain. Boechera bodiensis is most similar to B. falcifructa. The latter differs by having gently recurved fruiting pedicels 6–12 mm, 62–80 ovules per ovary, and pendulous fruits; it is known from Elko and Lander counties, Nevada. By contrast, B. bodiensis has straight fruiting pedicels 3–7 mm long, divaricate-ascending fruits, 48–68 ovules per ovary, and is known from Mono County, California, and Lyon and Mineral counties, Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 380. | FNA vol. 7, p. 367. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Boechereae > Boechera | Brassicaceae > tribe Boechereae > Boechera |
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Synonyms | Arabis glaucovalvula | Arabis bodiensis |
Name authority | (M. E. Jones) Al-Shehbaz: Novon 13: 385. (2003) | (Rollins) Al-Shehbaz: Novon 13: 384. (2003) |
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