Boechera paupercula |
Boechera covillei |
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boechera paupercula, littleleaf rockcress, small-flower rock-cress, tiny suncress |
Coville's rock-cress |
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Habit | Perennials; long-lived; (cespitose); sexual; caudex often woody. | Perennials; long-lived; apomictic; caudex woody. |
Stems | usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, 0.3–1.5 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, (0.07–)0.1–0.2 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent distally. |
usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, 0.5–2.5 dm, glabrous throughout. |
Basal leaves | blade linear-oblanceolate, 1–3(–5) mm wide, margins entire, ciliate proximally, trichomes to 0.4 mm, surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 2–6-rayed, (0.07–)0.1–0.2 mm. |
blade oblanceolate, 1.5–5 mm wide, margins entire, ciliate proximally, trichomes (simple), to 0.4 mm, and distally, trichomes short-stalked, 2 or 3 (or 4)-rayed, 0.15–0.4 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
Cauline leaves | 2–6, rarely concealing stem; blade auricles 0 (or 0.2–1.5) mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves glabrous. |
2–7, not concealing stem; blade with auricles 0.2–1 mm, auricles rarely absent, surfaces of distalmost leaves glabrous. |
Racemes | 3–8-flowered, unbranched. |
2–9-flowered, unbranched. |
Flowers | erect at anthesis; sepals glabrous or sparsely pubescent; petals lavender to purplish, 4–6(–7) × 1–2 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid. |
ascending at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals lavender to purplish, 5–6 × 1–2 mm, glabrous; pollen spheroid. |
Fruiting pedicels | erect, straight, 3–9 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
ascending to suberect, straight, 6–20 mm, glabrous. |
Fruits | erect, appressed to rachis, not secund, straight, edges parallel, 2.5–5.5 cm × 1.3–1.7(–2) mm; valves glabrous; ovules 24–40 per ovary; style 0.2–1 mm. |
ascending to suberect, rarely appressed to rachis, not secund, straight, edges slightly undulate (rarely parallel), 3.5–5 cm × 3–5 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 18–30 per ovary; style 0.2–1 mm. |
Seeds | usually uniseriate, rarely sub-biseriate, 1.5–2(–2.5) × 1–1.4 mm; wing continuous, 0.3–1 mm wide. |
uniseriate, 4–5 × 3–4 mm; wing continuous, 1–1.5 mm wide. |
Boechera paupercula |
Boechera covillei |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, talus slopes, gravelly soil in alpine and subalpine habitats | Rocky slopes in alpine meadows and open coniferous forests |
Elevation | 2400-3400 m (7900-11200 ft) | 2200-3500 m (7200-11500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; OR; WA; WY
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CA; NV; OR |
Discussion | Boechera paupercula is usually subsumed under Arabis (Boechera) lyallii but is amply distinct (see M. D. Windham and I. A. Al-Shehbaz 2006 for detailed comparison). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Morphological evidence suggests that Boechera covillei is an apomictic species that arose through hybridization between B. howellii and B. lyallii (see M. D. Windham and I. A. Al-Shehbaz 2007b for detailed comparison). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 394. | FNA vol. 7, p. 371. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Boechereae > Boechera | Brassicaceae > tribe Boechereae > Boechera |
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Synonyms | Arabis paupercula, Arabis lyallii var. nubigena, Arabis microphylla var. nubigena, Arabis nubigena | Arabis covillei, Arabis leibergii |
Name authority | (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz: Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 75. (2006) | (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz: Harvard Pap. Bot. 12: 237. (2007) |
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