Draba abajoensis |
Draba oxycarpa |
|
---|---|---|
|
|
|
Habit | Perennials; caudex simple or branched, (sometimes with persistent leaf bases); not scapose. | Perennials; (cespitose); caudex branched (covered with persistent petiole remains); scapose. |
Stems | unbranched, (0.6–)1–2.5(–3.5) dm, pubescent proximally, usually glabrous distally, rarely sparsely pubescent, trichomes simple, 0.1–0.5 mm, often with stalked, 2(–4)-rayed ones. |
unbranched, 0.2–1.1 dm, pubescent proximally, trichomes short-stalked, 2–5-rayed, 0.1–0.5 mm, (some rays spurred). |
Basal leaves | rosulate; petiolate; petiole (0.2–1(–2) cm), proximal margin ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.2–0.7 mm); blade oblanceolate to spatulate, (0.6–)1–3.5(–4.3) cm × (2–)4–10(–14) mm, margins entire or dentate, surfaces pubescent with short-stalked, (2–)4-rayed trichomes, 0.05–0.35 mm, sometimes adaxially with simple ones. |
rosulate; petiolate; petiole base and margin ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.3–1 mm); blade oblanceolate to lanceolate, 0.8–2.2 cm × 2–6 mm, margins often entire, surfaces pubescent abaxially with stalked, 2–5-rayed, stellate trichomes, 0.1–0.4 mm, often some rays spurred and trichomes appearing subdendritic, rarely glabrate, or with simple and 2-rayed ones, (midvein obscure abaxially, not thickened), adaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent with simple trichomes, sometimes with long-stalked, 2- or 3-rayed ones. |
Cauline leaves | (3–)5–9(–11); sessile; blade broadly ovate to lanceolate or oblong, margins entire or dentate, surfaces pubescent as basal or adaxially also with mostly simple trichomes. |
0. |
Racemes | (11–)15–32(–47)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, glabrous or pubescent, trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2–4-rayed. |
(2–)4–13-flowered, ebracteate, (subcorymbose), not elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem. |
Flowers | sepals ovate-oblong, 2.2–3.5 mm, subapically sparsely pubescent, (trichomes simple, short-stalked, and 2-rayed); petals yellow, oblanceolate, 4–6 × 1.5–2 mm; anthers oblong, 0.6–1 mm. |
sepals (grayish white), ovate to broadly so, 2.5–3 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and stalked, 2-rayed); petals creamy white to yellow, broadly obovate, 3.5–5 × 2.5–3.5 mm; anthers ovate, 0.4–0.5 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | horizontal to divaricate-ascending, straight or curved, (5–)7–18(–23) mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent abaxially, trichomes simple and 2-rayed. |
subhorizontal to divaricate-ascending (not appressed to rachis), often slightly curved upward, 4–7(–10) mm, pubescent, trichomes simple (0.4–1 mm), and 2–4-rayed (0.1–0.4 mm). |
Fruits | elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, plane, flattened, 5–9(–12) × 2–3 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 10–18 per ovary; style (0.8–)1.4–2.7(–3.6) mm. |
ovate to ovate-oblong, plane, flattened, 5–10 × 3–5 mm; valves puberulent along replum, trichomes simple, 0.1–0.3 mm; ovules (16–)18–28 per ovary; style 0.2–0.6 mm (stigma as wide as style). |
Seeds | ovoid, 1–1.2 × 0.7–0.8 mm. |
(black), ovoid, 1–1.3 × 0.6–0.8 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
= 64. |
Draba abajoensis |
Draba oxycarpa |
|
Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Spruce, fir, or pine forests, subalpine meadows | Rocky soils |
Elevation | 1900-3800 m (6200-12500 ft) | |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; UT |
Greenland; Europe (Norway [including Spitsbergen], Sweden); Atlantic Islands (Iceland) |
Discussion | Plants of Draba abajoensis were treated by C. L. Hitchcock (1941), R. C. Rollins (1993), and N. H. Holmgren (2005b) as D. spectabilis. The differences between these taxa in chromosome number and trichome morphology strongly support their recognition as separate species (I. A. Al-Shehbaz and M. D. Windham 2007). Draba abajoensis has been collected from the Chuska and Lukachukai mountains in Apache County, Arizona, Chuska Mountains in San Juan County, New Mexico, and Abajo and La Sal mountains in San Juan and Grand counties, Utah. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Draba oxycarpa is an octoploid that most closely resembles the decaploid D. alpina. It is distinguished from that species by having creamy white to pale yellow (versus bright yellow) petals, gray-green (versus purplish tinged) sepals, petals 2.5–3.5 (versus 1.7–2.5) mm wide, stems pubescent proximally with primarily branched (versus primarily simple) trichomes, nearly black (versus pale brown) seeds, and ovate to ovate-oblong (versus elliptic) fruits 3–5 (versus 2–3) mm wide. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 288. | FNA vol. 7, p. 325. |
Parent taxa | ||
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. spectabilis var. glabrescens | D. alpina var. oxycarpa, D. gredinii |
Name authority | Windham & Al-Shehbaz: Harvard Pap. Bot. 12: 416. (2007) | Sommerfelt: Mag. Naturvidensk., n. s. 1: 240. (1833) |
Web links |