Flora of North America species comparison

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Braya glabella subsp. glabella
Photo is of parent taxon

smooth braya, smooth northern-rockcress
Stems

ascending to erect, 0.5–1.7(–2.3) dm.
Leaves

blade often somewhat fleshy, to 4 mm wide, margins often entire, sometimes 1 or 2 weak teeth per side.
Racemes

often loosely elongated in fruit.
Fruits

oblong to narrowly oblong-lanceoloid, often curved, (0.3–)0.5–1.2(–1.5) cm × (0.8–)1.1–3(–3.6) mm, 3.5–8.3 times as long as wide;

style slender or stout, (0.3–)0.5–1.6(–2) mm.
2n

= 56.

Braya glabella subsp. glabella
Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Barren, usually calcareous soils and gravel, gravel bars, disturbed sites, lake and sea shores, scree slopes, solifluction lobes
Elevation 0-3700 m (0-12100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; CO; MT; WY; AB; BC; NT; NU; QC; YT; Asia
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 548.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Euclidieae > Braya > Braya glabella
Sibling taxa
B. glabella subsp. prostrata, B. glabella subsp. purpurascens
Synonyms B. alpina var. americana, B. americana, B. bartlettiana, B. bartlettiana var. vestita, B. henryae, B. humilis var. americana
Name authority unknown
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