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rough Draba

rough Draba, rough whitlowgrass

Habit Perennials; (cespitose); caudex branched (with some persistent leaf bases); scapose.
Stems

unbranched, (0.4–)0.6–1.5(–2.7) dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes simple, 0.5–1.5 mm, and 2–4-rayed ones, 0.05–0.3 mm, (sometimes 2–4-rayed ones distally).

Basal leaves

rosulate;

subsessile or shortly petiolate;

petiole ciliate throughout;

blade oblanceolate to spatulate or obovate, (0.6–)0.8–4.5(–6) cm × 2–12(–16) mm, margins usually entire, rarely obscurely dentate, (not ciliate), surfaces abaxially pubescent with stalked, (2–)4-rayed trichomes, 0.2–1 mm, adaxially with stalked, 2–4-rayed trichomes, 0.3–0.8 mm, and simple ones, 0.5–1.9 mm.

Cauline leaves

0.

Racemes

(15–)30–75-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, pubescent, trichomes 2–4-rayed, sometimes with simple ones.

Flowers

sepals broadly ovate, 1.8–3.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2–4-rayed);

petals pale yellow, oblanceolate, 4–7 × 1.5–2.5 mm;

anthers ovate to oblong, 0.4–0.7 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

horizontal to divaricate-ascending, straight, 3–11(–16) mm, pubescent, trichomes 2–4-rayed, sometimes with simple ones.

Fruit(s)

valves hirsute, trichomes simple and unequally 2-rayed, (0.2–)0.3–1 mm.

ovoid-ellipsoid to oblong, plane, inflated basally, 3–8 × 1.8–3.5 mm;

valves hirsute, trichomes simple and spurred, (0.2–)0.3–1 mm, or puberulent, trichomes short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.1–0.2 mm;

ovules 8–12(–18) per ovary;

style 0.6–2(–2.5) mm.

Seeds

oblong, 0.9–1.2 × 0.6–0.8 mm.

2n

= 30.

= 30.

Draba asprella var. asprella

Draba asprella

Phenology Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Rocky igneous soil in pine-oak woodlands
Elevation 1500-2500 m (4900-8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ
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Discussion

Variety asprella is known only from Coconino and Yavapai counties in central Arizona.

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

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Both R. C. Rollins (1993) and N. H. Holmgren (2005b) indicated that the chromosome number of Draba asprella is 2n = 32, but repeated counts by one of us (M. D. Windham 2000, unpubl.) show that the species consistently has 2n = 30. Rollins divided D. asprella into four varieties encompassing tremendous variation in trichome morphology. One of these (var. zionensis) is more closely related to D. sobolifera (Windham and L. Allphin, unpubl.) and is treated herein at species rank. Within D. asprella, in the strict sense, we recognize two varieties separated primarily by the type of trichomes found on the fruits. The distinctions are not absolute and there appear to be forms connecting the two, especially in Coconino County.

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

Key
1. Fruits hirsute, trichomes simple and unequally 2-rayed, (0.2-)0.3-1 mm.
var. asprella
1. Fruits puberulent, trichomes 2-4-rayed, 0.1-0.2 mm.
var. stelligera
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 293. FNA vol. 7, p. 293.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Arabideae > Draba > Draba asprella Brassicaceae > tribe Arabideae > Draba
Sibling taxa
D. asprella var. stelligera
D. abajoensis, D. albertina, D. aleutica, D. alpina, D. aprica, D. arabisans, D. arctica, D. arctogena, D. argyrea, D. arida, D. asterophora, D. aurea, D. aureola, D. bifurcata, D. borealis, D. brachycarpa, D. brachystylis, D. breweri, D. burkei, D. californica, D. cana, D. carnosula, D. chamissonis, D. cinerea, D. corrugata, D. corymbosa, D. crassa, D. crassifolia, D. cruciata, D. cuneifolia, D. cusickii, D. cyclomorpha, D. daviesiae, D. densifolia, D. exunguiculata, D. fladnizensis, D. glabella, D. globosa, D. graminea, D. grandis, D. grayana, D. heilii, D. helleriana, D. hitchcockii, D. howellii, D. incana, D. incerta, D. incrassata, D. inexpectata, D. jaegeri, D. juvenilis, D. kassii, D. kluanei, D. lactea, D. lemmonii, D. lonchocarpa, D. longisquamosa, D. macounii, D. maguirei, D. malpighiacea, D. micropetala, D. mogollonica, D. monoensis, D. mulliganii, D. murrayi, D. nemorosa, D. nivalis, D. norvegica, D. novolympica, D. oblongata, D. ogilviensis, D. oligosperma, D. oreibata, D. oxycarpa, D. palanderiana, D. pauciflora, D. paucifructa, D. paysonii, D. pectinipila, D. pedicellata, D. pennellii, D. petrophila, D. pilosa, D. platycarpa, D. porsildii, D. praealta, D. pterosperma, D. ramosissima, D. ramulosa, D. rectifructa, D. reptans, D. ruaxes, D. santaquinensis, D. saxosa, D. scotteri, D. serpentina, D. sharsmithii, D. sibirica, D. sierrae, D. simmonsii, D. smithii, D. sobolifera, D. spectabilis, D. sphaerocarpa, D. sphaeroides, D. standleyi, D. stenoloba, D. stenopetala, D. streptobrachia, D. streptocarpa, D. subalpina, D. subcapitata, D. subumbellata, D. trichocarpa, D. ventosa, D. verna, D. viridis, D. weberi, D. yukonensis, D. zionensis
Subordinate taxa
D. asprella var. asprella, D. asprella var. stelligera
Name authority unknown Greene: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10: 125. (1883)
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