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Porsild's dwarf braya

Stems

usually ascending (prostrate in fruit), unbranched, 0.3–1.6 dm, moderately pubescent.

ascending to erect or, rarely, decumbent, usually unbranched, 0.3–1.7(–2.5) dm, densely pubescent.

Leaves

blade margins pinnatifid or entire, surfaces moderately pubescent.

blade margins usually entire, sometimes weakly sinuate-dentate, surfaces densely pubescent.

Flowers

petals white or purple-tinged, (3–)4–5.6 × (1.3–)2–3.3(–3.8) mm.

petals white, 4.4–6.9 × (1.9–)2.3–4.2 mm.

Fruits

usually fertile and fully developed, not or weakly torulose, (1–)1.2–1.8(–2) mm wide;

septum often fenestrate (with circular perforations at regular intervals longitudinally or with a narrow, elliptical, longitudinal split at base or both).

often abortive, somewhat torulose, 0.8–1.2 mm wide when fully developed;

septum not fenestrate or split longitudinally.

2n

= 42.

= 28.

Braya humilis subsp. ellesmerensis

Braya humilis subsp. porsildii

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul, fruiting Jul–Aug. Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Sand, clay, and gravel slopes and plains Dry alpine scree slopes, glacial moraines, and gravel bars, often on limestone gravels and soils
Elevation 0-200 m (0-700 ft) 500-3000 m (1600-9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NU
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
AB; BC; NT
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Prostrate fruiting stems, exceptionally broad, non-torulose fruits, and fenestrate silique septae distinguish subsp. ellesmerensis from other subspecies of Braya humilis. It is known only from northern Ellesmere Island.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Subspecies maccallae and porsildii share the large flowers, high percentage of abortive fruits, and leaf margins mostly entire, but they differ in indumentum and habitats.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 550. FNA vol. 7, p. 550.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Euclidieae > Braya > Braya humilis Brassicaceae > tribe Euclidieae > Braya > Braya humilis
Sibling taxa
B. humilis subsp. humilis, B. humilis subsp. maccallae, B. humilis subsp. porsildii
B. humilis subsp. ellesmerensis, B. humilis subsp. humilis, B. humilis subsp. maccallae
Name authority J. G. Harris: Novon 16: 345. (2006) J. G. Harris: Novon 16: 348. (2006)
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