Draba arctogena |
Draba carnosula |
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fellfield whitlowgrass |
Mount Eddy Draba, Mt. Eddy Draba |
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Habit | Perennials; (cespitose); caudex branched (sometimes with persistent leaf remains); sometimes scapose. | Perennials; (loosely cespitose); caudex branched (somewhat surculose, with persistent leaf bases, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. |
Stems | unbranched, 0.3–1.4 dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes simple, 0.2–1 mm, and 2–6-rayed, 0.05–0.3 mm. |
unbranched, 0.3–1.2 dm, glabrous throughout. |
Basal leaves | rosulate; petiolate; petiole base and margin ciliate, (trichomes mostly simple, 0.2–1 mm); blade oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 0.4–1.7 cm × 1.5–6 mm, margins entire or with 1–3 teeth on each side, surfaces pubescent with primarily simple trichomes, 0.3–1mm, abaxially mixed with stalked, 4–10-rayed ones, 0.1–0.2 mm. |
rosulate; petiolate; petiole (persistent, midvein prominent), ciliate, (trichomes sparse, short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, sometimes with simple ones, 0.2–0.5 mm); blade (somewhat fleshy), oblanceolate or spatulate to obovate, 0.3–1.5 cm × 1.5–5 mm, margins entire, (pubescent as petiole), surfaces glabrous. |
Cauline leaves | 0 or 1; sessile; blade ovate to oblong, margins entire or toothed, surfaces pubescent as basal. |
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Racemes | 2–14(–17)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem. |
2–6-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, glabrous. |
Flowers | sepals ovate, 1.8–2.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2–4-rayed); petals white, spatulate, 3–4 × 1.5–2 mm; anthers ovate, 0.3–0.4 mm. |
sepals ovate, 3–4 mm, glabrous; petals yellow, oblanceolate, 5–7 × 1.3–2 mm; anthers oblong, 0.7–0.9 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | suberect to ascending, straight, 1–5(–7) mm, pubescent, trichomes simple and 2–4-rayed. |
divaricate-ascending, straight, 3–8 mm, usually glabrous, rarely trichomes simple. |
Fruits | oblong, plane, flattened, 4–9 × 2–3.5 mm; valves pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.1–0.5 mm, sometimes with simple ones; ovules 20–32 per ovary; style 0.1–0.4 mm (stigma distinctly wider than style). |
lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, plane, strongly flattened, 10–23 × 4–6 mm; valves (each with distinct midvein), glabrous; ovules 8–12 per ovary; style 2–3 mm. |
Seeds | ovoid, 0.7–1 × 0.5–0.6 mm. |
(broadly winged), orbicular, 3–4.5 in diam.; (wing 1–1.5 mm wide). |
2n | = 48. |
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Draba arctogena |
Draba carnosula |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Scree, sandy hills, gravel flats | Open rocky hillsides |
Elevation | 0-450 m (0-1500 ft) | 2800-3100 m (9200-10200 ft) |
Distribution |
NT; NU; Greenland |
CA |
Discussion | Draba arctogena is sometimes confused with D. norvegica, from which it differs by having less elongated fruiting racemes, abaxial leaf surfaces with 4–10-rayed (versus cruciform or, rarely, 2–6-rayed) trichomes, and fruits with 2–4-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.5 mm, (versus glabrous or with simple and 2–4-rayed trichomes, 0.05–0.25 mm). The limits of D. arctica, D. arctogena, D. cinerea, and D. oblongata need to be critically evaluated in light of molecular and cytological data. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Although Draba carnosula was reduced by Hitchcock to a variety of D. howellii, it differs significantly by having leafless flowering stems, 2–6-flowered racemes, and broadly winged seeds 3–4.5 mm in diam. Draba howellii almost always has 1–3-leaved stems, (5–)7–18(–25)-flowered racemes, and not winged, distally appendaged seeds 1–1.6 mm in diam. Draba carnosula is known only from a few collections from Mount Eddy in Trinity County and the north side of Mount Shasta in Siskiyou County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 292. | FNA vol. 7, p. 299. |
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Synonyms | D. groenlandica var. arctogena, D. cinerea var. arctogena | D. howellii var. carnosula |
Name authority | (E. Ekman) E. Ekman: Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 25: 492. (1932) | O. E. Schulz: in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. 89[IV,105]: 82. (1927) |
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