Draba breweri |
Draba argyrea |
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Brewer's whitlow grass, cushion Draba |
silver Draba |
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Habit | Perennials; (cespitose, grayish pubescent); caudex branched (sometimes covered with persistent leaf bases, branches short, compact); sometimes scapose. | Perennials; caudex branched (branches loose, creeping, sometimes terminating in sterile shoots); scapose. |
Stems | unbranched, (0.1–)0.2–1(–1.5) dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes stalked, 4–10-rayed, 0.1–0.3 mm. |
unbranched, (0.2–)0.3–0.8(–1.1) dm, pubescent proximally, glabrous distally, trichomes short-stalked to subsessile, 5–8-rayed, 0.05–0.2 mm. |
Basal leaves | rosulate; petiolate; petiole base ciliate, margin not ciliate, (trichomes simple and 2-rayed, 0.3–0.8 mm); blade oblanceolate to obovate, (0.3–)0.4–1.5(–2.5) cm × 1.5–3(–5) mm, margins usually entire, rarely dentate, surfaces densely pubescent with stalked, 4–10-rayed, stellate trichomes, 0.1–0.2 mm (sometimes 1 or more rays spurred). |
rosulate; subsessile; petiole base and margin not ciliate, (midvein obscure abaxially); blade oblanceolate to obovate, 0.3–0.7(–1.2) cm × 1–2.5(–4) mm, margins entire, surfaces canescent with short-stalked, 8–12-rayed, stellate trichomes, 0.1–0.2 mm. |
Cauline leaves | 0–3(–6); sessile; blade oblong or lanceolate to ovate, margins entire (sometimes ciliate at base), surfaces usually pubescent as basal. |
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Racemes | (5–)7–18(–24)-flowered, ebracteate, slightly to considerably elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent with stalked, 4–10-rayed trichomes, (0.1–0.3 mm). |
2–8(–12)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis slightly flexuous, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent as stem. |
Flowers | sepals (persistent), ovate, 1.2–2 mm, pubescent, (trichomes short-stalked, 2–6-rayed); petals white, spatulate to oblanceolate, 2–3 × 0.7–1.1 mm; anthers ovate, 0.2–0.25 mm. |
sepals ovate, 2–3 mm, pubescent, (trichomes 4–6-rayed); petals yellow, oblanceolate, 4–6 × 1.5–3 mm; anthers ovate, 0.5–0.6 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | ascending, (sometimes slightly appressed to rachis), straight, 1.5–3(–4) mm, pubescent as rachis. |
divaricate-ascending, straight or slightly curved upward, (4–)5–12(–19) mm, glabrous. |
Fruits | lanceolate or oblong to linear, usually slightly to strongly twisted, rarely plane, flattened, 3.5–9(–11) × 1.5–2.5 mm; valves pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 2–5-rayed, 0.05–0.25 mm; ovules 28–40 per ovary; style 0.1–0.3(–0.4) mm. |
lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, plane or slightly twisted, flattened, 5–11 × 2–3.5(–4.5) mm, (symmetric); valves often puberulent, sometimes glabrous, trichomes simple and subsessile, 2–4-rayed, 0.03–0.2 mm; ovules 8–14 per ovary; style (0.7–)1–1.8(–2.4) mm. |
Seeds | ovoid, 0.5–0.7 × 0.3–0.5 mm. |
oblong, 1.2–1.8 × 0.8–1.1 mm. |
2n | = 32. |
= 36. |
Draba breweri |
Draba argyrea |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, talus, exposed ridges, alpine areas | Rock crevices, ledges, talus slopes |
Elevation | 3100-4100 m (10200-13500 ft) | 1000-3100 m (3300-10200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | The circumscription of Draba breweri was expanded by R. C. Rollins (1993) to include D. cana. Plants of D. cana differ from those of D. breweri by being non-cespitose (versus cespitose) and taller [(4–)10–30(–38) versus (1–)2–9(–15) cm], and by having basally bracteate (versus ebracteate) racemes, and stems, pedicels, and sepals pubescent with a mixture of simple and branched (versus exclusively branched) trichomes. Draba breweri is known to us from Alpine, Fresno, Inyo, Mono, Plumas, Tulare, and Tuolumne counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
M. A. Beilstein and M. D. Windham (2003) hypothesized that Draba argyrea is an allopolyploid derived through hybridization between D. lonchocarpa and D. sphaerocarpa. The species is restricted to Blaine, Boise, Custer, and Elmore counties in central Idaho. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 297. | FNA vol. 7, p. 292. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Arabideae > Draba | Brassicaceae > tribe Arabideae > Draba |
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Synonyms | D. breweri var. sublaxa | D. argyrea var. glabrescens |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 260. (1888) | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 251. (1903) |
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