Boechera puberula |
Boechera dispar |
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Blue Mountain rockcress, hoary rock-cress, silver rockcress |
pinyon rock cress |
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Habit | Perennials; short-lived; sexual; caudex not woody. | Perennials; usually long-lived; sexual; caudex often woody. |
Stems | usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, (1–)2–6.3 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes short-stalked, 3–8-rayed, 0.1–0.3(–0.5) mm, similarly pubescent distally. |
usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, 0.9–3 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes short-stalked, 5–12-rayed, 0.1–0.3 mm, sparsely pubescent to glabrescent distally. |
Basal leaves | blade oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, 1.5–5 mm wide, margins usually dentate, not ciliate, surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 5–12-rayed, 0.05–0.2 mm. |
blade linear-oblanceolate, 2–5 mm wide, margins entire, not ciliate, surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 5–12(–16)-rayed, 0.1–0.3 mm. |
Cauline leaves | 7–45(–65), concealing stem proximally; blade auricles absent or 0.7–3 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves pubescent. |
1–5, not concealing stem; blade without auricles, surfaces of distalmost leaves pubescent. |
Racemes | 10–40(–64)-flowered, usually unbranched. |
4–15(–20)-flowered, unbranched. |
Flowers | ascending to descending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals white to lavender, 5–9 × 0.8–1.8 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid. |
ascending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals purple to lavender, 3.5–6 × 1–1.5 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid. |
Fruiting pedicels | pendent, recurved distal to horizontal to ascending base, 4–10 mm, pubescent, trichomes appressed, branched. |
ascending, straight, 4–15(–25) mm, pubescent, trichomes appressed, branched. |
Fruits | closely pendent, rarely appressed to rachis, sometimes somewhat secund, usually straight, edges parallel, 3–6.5 cm × 1.9–2.2 mm; valves pubescent throughout; ovules 38–64 per ovary; style 0.05–0.1 mm. |
divaricate-ascending, not appressed to rachis, not secund, straight, edges parallel, 4–7.3 cm × 2.7–4 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 44–52 per ovary; style 0.05–0.1 mm. |
Seeds | uniseriate, 1.4–1.8 × 1–1.4 mm; wing continuous, 0.1–0.3 mm wide. |
uniseriate, 1.9–2.3 mm in diam.; wing continuous, 0.3–0.5 mm wide. |
2n | = 14. |
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Boechera puberula |
Boechera dispar |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | Flowering Apr–May. |
Habitat | Ledges, rocky slopes, gravelly hillsides in sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, and mountain shrub communities | Rocky slopes and gravelly soil in desert scrub and pinyon-juniper communities |
Elevation | 1300-2900 m (4300-9500 ft) | 1500-2300 m (4900-7500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR; UT
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CA; NV |
Discussion | Boechera puberula is a diploid species that appears to intergrade with both B. retrofracta and B. subpinnatifida. The glabrous-fruited specimens discussed by R. C. Rollins (1993) represent apomictic hybrids with other species, primarily B. pendulocarpa. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Boechera dispar is a distinctive sexual diploid that is known from Inyo, Mono, and San Bernardino counties, California, and Nye County, Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 399. | FNA vol. 7, p. 374. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Boechereae > Boechera | Brassicaceae > tribe Boechereae > Boechera |
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Synonyms | Arabis puberula, Arabis arida, Arabis beckwithii, Arabis lignipes var. impar, Arabis sabulosa, Arabis subpinnatifida var. beckwithii, Arabis subpinnatifida var. impar, B. beckwithii | Arabis dispar, Arabis juniperina, Arabis nardina, Arabis salubris |
Name authority | (Nuttall) Dorn: Brittonia, 55: 3. (2003) | (M. E. Jones) Al-Shehbaz: Novon 13: 384. (2003) |
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