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Photo is of parent taxon

smooth braya, smooth northern-rockcress

Photo is of parent taxon

smooth northern-rockcress

Stems

ascending to erect, 0.5–1.7(–2.3) dm.

ascending to erect, 0.3–1(–1.3) dm.

Leaves

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

blade often fleshy, to 4 mm wide, margins usually entire, rarely 1 or 2 weak teeth per side.

Racemes

often loosely elongated in fruit.

not elongated in fruit (often compact).

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.

oval-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, usually straight, 0.5–1 cm × 1.5–3 mm, 2.5–3.7 times as long as wide;

style slender or stout, (0.3–)0.5–1.2 mm.

2n

= 56.

= 56.

Braya glabella subsp. glabella

Braya glabella subsp. purpurascens

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Barren, usually calcareous soils and gravel, gravel bars, disturbed sites, lake and sea shores, scree slopes, solifluction lobes Barren, usually calcareous soils and gravel on solifluction lobes, scree, gravel bars, disturbed sites, rocky slopes, seashores
Elevation 0-3700 m (0-12100 ft) 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; CO; MT; WY; AB; BC; NT; NU; QC; YT; Asia
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
AK; BC; NT; NU; n Eurasia
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 548. FNA vol. 7, p. 548.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Euclidieae > Braya > Braya glabella Brassicaceae > tribe Euclidieae > Braya > Braya glabella
Sibling taxa
B. glabella subsp. prostrata, B. glabella subsp. purpurascens
B. glabella subsp. glabella, B. glabella subsp. prostrata
Synonyms B. alpina var. americana, B. americana, B. bartlettiana, B. bartlettiana var. vestita, B. henryae, B. humilis var. americana Platypetalum purpurascens, B. arctica, B. purpurascens, B. purpurascens var. dubia, Platypetalum dubium
Name authority unknown (R. Brown) W. J. Cody: Canad. Field-Naturalist 108: 93. (1964)
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