Boechera paupercula |
Boechera quebecensis |
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boechera paupercula, littleleaf rockcress, small-flower rock-cress, tiny suncress |
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Habit | Perennials; long-lived; (cespitose); sexual; caudex often woody. | Biennials or perennials; short-lived; apomictic; caudex present or absent. |
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, 1–4.5 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes sessile, 2–4-rayed, 0.15–0.5 mm, glabrous distally. |
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, 5–15 mm wide, margins denticulate, ciliate proximally, trichomes (simple), to 1 mm, surfaces moderately pubescent, trichomes subsessile, (2- or) 3–7-rayed, 0.1–0.3 mm. |
Cauline leaves | 2–6, rarely concealing stem; blade auricles 0 (or 0.2–1.5) mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves glabrous. |
4–15, not concealing stem; blade auricles 1–3.5 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves glabrous. |
Racemes | 3–8-flowered, unbranched. |
11–41-flowered, usually unbranched. |
Flowers | erect at anthesis; sepals glabrous or sparsely pubescent; petals lavender to purplish, 4–6(–7) × 1–2 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid. |
divaricate at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals white, 6–7 × 1–2 mm, glabrous; pollen spheroid. |
Fruiting pedicels | erect, straight, 3–9 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
horizontal to slightly descending, curved to straight, 3–8(–14) mm, glabrous or with some subappressed, branched trichomes. |
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. |
horizontal to slightly descending, not appressed to rachis, secund, straight, edges parallel, 3–6 cm × 1.5–2 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 56–94 per ovary. |
Seeds | usually uniseriate, rarely sub-biseriate, 1.5–2(–2.5) × 1–1.4 mm; wing continuous, 0.3–1 mm wide. |
uniseriate, 1.2–1.5 × 1–1.3 mm; wing continuous, 0.1–0.15 mm wide. |
Boechera paupercula |
Boechera quebecensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, talus slopes, gravelly soil in alpine and subalpine habitats | Calcareous rock outcrops and talus slopes |
Elevation | 2400-3400 m (7900-11200 ft) | 0-300 m (0-1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; OR; WA; WY
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QC |
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 quebecensis is an apomictic species that arose through hybridization between B. holboellii and B. stricta; it is most likely to be confused with B. grahamii (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. 401. |
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 divaricarpa var. dechamplainii |
Name authority | (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz: Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 75. (2006) | Windham & Al-Shehbaz: Harvard Pap. Bot. 12: 246. (2007) |
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