Chlorocrambe hastata |
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spear-head |
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Stems | 5–15 dm, (stout). |
Cauline leaves | petiole 6–15 cm (shorter distally); blade deltate to lanceolate, lyrate, or sinuately lobed, or (distally) narrowly lanceolate, 5–20 cm × 30–70 mm (smaller distally), margins entire or subapically denticulate, apex acute. |
Flowers | sepals yellowish green, 4–6 × 1–1.5 mm; petals white, 5–7 mm, blade 2.5–4 × 0.5–1 mm, claw 2–3.5 × 1–1.7 mm, margins dentate or incised (sublaciniate); filaments 5–9 mm; anthers 2.5–3.5 mm; gynophore (1–)2–8(–10) mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | 5–12 mm, (thicker than gynophore). |
Fruits | divaricate, 4–13 cm × 1.5–2.5 mm; style obsolete or, rarely, to 0.5 mm. |
Seeds | brown, 3–5 × 1.7–2.2 mm; wing to 0.7 mm wide. |
Chlorocrambe hastata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Mountain slopes, canyons, alder thickets, shady damp areas, stony and brushy hillsides |
Elevation | 1500-2800 m (4900-9200 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; OR; UT
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Discussion | Chlorocrambe hastata is rare and known from only a few counties in Idaho (Washington County), Oregon (Baker and Wallowa counties), and Utah (Cache, Salt Lake, Utah, and Wasatch counties). It is easily distinguished from the other North American species of Brassicaceae by having yellowish green, reflexed flowers in lax racemes, hastate and petiolate cauline leaves, and fruits borne on distinct gynophores. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 686. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Chlorocrambe |
Synonyms | Caulanthus hastatus, Streptanthus hastatus |
Name authority | (S. Watson) Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 436. (1907) |
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