Draba carnosula |
Draba brachycarpa |
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Mount Eddy Draba, Mt. Eddy Draba |
short-pod whitlowgrass, shortfruit Draba, shortpod Draba |
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Habit | Perennials; (loosely cespitose); caudex branched (somewhat surculose, with persistent leaf bases, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. | Annuals; not scapose. |
Stems | unbranched, 0.3–1.2 dm, glabrous throughout. |
usually branched, rarely unbranched, (0.3–)0.4–1.9(–2.2) dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes sessile, cruciform, 0.2–0.6(–0.8) mm (rays often equal, or those parallel to stem axis longer). |
Basal leaves | 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. |
not rosulate; petiolate; petiole (to 0.5 cm), not ciliate; blade oblanceolate to obovate, 0.5–2 cm × 2–8 mm, margins entire, surfaces pubescent, trichomes cruciform, 0.2–0.6(–0.8) mm. |
Cauline leaves | 0. |
(4–)6–11; sessile; blade lanceolate to oblong or linear, margins entire, surfaces pubescent as basal. |
Racemes | 2–6-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, glabrous. |
(main branch) (20–)25–65(–74)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem. |
Flowers | sepals ovate, 3–4 mm, glabrous; petals yellow, oblanceolate, 5–7 × 1.3–2 mm; anthers oblong, 0.7–0.9 mm. |
(late ones cleistogamous, apetalous); sepals (green or pink), oblong, 0.7–1.2(–1.5) mm, pubescent; petals white, spatulate, 2–3 × 0.8–1.1 mm; anthers ovate, 0.15–0.25 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate-ascending, straight, 3–8 mm, usually glabrous, rarely trichomes simple. |
horizontal to divaricate-ascending, straight, (1–)1.5–4(–5) mm, pubescent, trichomes cruciform. |
Fruits | 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. |
usually elliptic to linear-elliptic, rarely ovate-elliptic, plane, flattened, (2–)2.5–5(–6) × 0.9–1.4(–1.9) mm; valves glabrous; ovules 8–16(–20) per ovary; style 0.05–0.1 mm. |
Seeds | (broadly winged), orbicular, 3–4.5 in diam.; (wing 1–1.5 mm wide). |
(winged), ovoid, 0.5–0.7 × 0.4–0.5 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
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Draba carnosula |
Draba brachycarpa |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering Feb–May. |
Habitat | Open rocky hillsides | Open woods, cedar glades, pastures and lawns, roadsides, disturbed sites |
Elevation | 2800-3100 m (9200-10200 ft) | 0-300 m (0-1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA |
AL; AR; AZ; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MO; MS; NC; OH; OK; OR; SC; TN; TX; VA
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Discussion | 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.) |
Draba brachycarpa is closely related to D. aprica and the two are sometimes confused. It is readily distinguished by having leaves with sessile (versus stalked) trichomes, glabrous (versus pubescent) fruits, and smaller (0.5–0.7 versus 0.9–1.1 mm) seeds. The records from Arizona and Oregon are based on old collections, Porter 802 (Devil’s Canyon, 22 Feb 1926, US) and Howell s.n. (near Cobarg, Willamette Valley, 7 Apr 1887, US); it is not known if these records represent introductions or remnants of a previously wider distribution. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 299. | FNA vol. 7, p. 296. |
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Synonyms | D. howellii var. carnosula | Abdra brachycarpa |
Name authority | O. E. Schulz: in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. 89[IV,105]: 82. (1927) | Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 108. (1838) |
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