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Baffin bay Draba, Baffin bay whitlow-grass, flat-top Draba

Ogilvie Range Draba

Habit Perennials; (cespitose); caudex branched (with persistent leaves or leaf remains, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. Perennials; (stoloniferous); caudex branched (sparsely covered with petiole remains, branches slender, creeping, loosely matted); often scapose.
Stems

unbranched, (0.05–)0.2–0.8(–1.5) dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes simple and 2-rayed, 0.4–1 mm, with 3–5-rayed ones, 0.05–0.4 mm, (sometimes trichomes mostly simple).

unbranched, 0.4–1.5 dm, glabrous or pubescent throughout, trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2- or 3-rayed, 0.1–0.5 mm.

Basal leaves

rosulate; petiolate;

petiole base and margin ciliate, (trichomes often course, simple, 0.4–1.3 mm);

blade oblanceolate to obovate, 0.6–1.8 cm × 1.5–5 mm, margins entire, surfaces pubescent, abaxially with stalked, 2–6-rayed trichomes, 0.2–0.6 mm, adaxially with primarily simple and stalked, 2-rayed trichomes, to 1.1 mm, with 3–5-rayed ones, 0.2–0.4 mm.

not rosulate; (subopposite); petiolate;

petiole base and margin ciliate or not, (trichomes simple, 0.2–0.8 mm);

blade oblanceolate or lanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm × 1.5–5 mm, margins entire, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent with simple and stalked, 2–4-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.5 mm, (midvein obscure abaxially).

Cauline leaves

0.

(0 or) 1 or 2; (subopposite);

sessile;

blade ovate or oblong, margins entire, surfaces pubescent as basal.

Racemes

2–9(–12)-flowered, ebracteate, (corymbose), slightly elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem.

5–13-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not or slightly flexuous, glabrous or pubescent as stem.

Flowers

sepals (grayish green), broadly ovate, 2.2–3 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple, to 1 mm, sometimes with stalked, smaller, 2–4-rayed ones);

petals (broadly patent), yellow, obovate, 4–6 × 3–5 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.3–0.4 mm.

sepals ovate, 2–3 mm, glabrous or pubescent, (trichomes simple);

petals golden yellow, obovate, 3.5–6 × 2–3 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.3–0.5 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate-ascending, straight or slightly curved upward, 4–11(–16) mm, pubescent, trichomes simple and 2–4-rayed.

horizontal to divaricate, often curved upward, 6–13(–17) mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, trichomes simple and 2-rayed.

Fruits

oblong or ovate, plane, flattened, 6–12 × 3.5–5.5 mm;

valves pubescent or puberulent, trichomes simple, 0.1–0.4 mm, (sometimes with short-stalked, 2- or 3-rayed ones);

ovules 12–24 per ovary;

style 0.6–1 mm (stigma distinctly wider than style).

oblong, plane, flattened, 6–9 × 2–3 mm;

valves glabrous;

ovules 8–20 per ovary;

style 0.4–1 mm.

Seeds

(brown), ovoid, 1–1.3 × 0.6–0.9 mm.

ovoid, 0.9–1 × ca. 0.6 mm.

2n

= 128, 144.

= 16.

Draba corymbosa

Draba ogilviensis

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Moist tundra, among calcareous or dolomitic rocks, gravel beaches, silt and clay terraces Tundra, river flats and banks, exposed talus slopes, hummocks in wet sedge meadows
Elevation 0-1700 m (0-5600 ft) 900-2200 m (3000-7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; BC; NT; NU; YT; Greenland; Europe (Norway, n Russia); e Asia (Russian Far East, Siberia)
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from FNA
AK; NT; YT
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Discussion

Draba corymbosa, which is 16-ploid or 18-ploid with x = 8, is an extremely variable species of polyphyletic, allopolyploid origin. Most individuals appear to have decaploid D. alpina (2n = 80) in their parentage, but the other genomes are provided by hexaploid (2n = 48) and octoploid (2n = 64) species (C. Brochmann et al. 1993). O. E. Schulz reduced D. corymbosa to a variety of D. alpina; R. C. Rollins (1993) treated it as a distinct species. Draba corymbosa is distinguished from D. alpina by having pubescent or puberulent (versus glabrous or glabrescent) fruits, corymbose (versus usually elongated) fruiting racemes, and abaxial leaf blade surfaces always lacking (versus usually with some) simple trichomes.

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

The limits of Draba ogilviensis were confused by authors who reduced it to synonymy of D. juvenilis or D. sibirica. A thorough discussion of the three species and their distinguishing characteristics was provided by D. F. Murray and C. L. Parker (1999).

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 301. FNA vol. 7, p. 324.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Arabideae > Draba Brassicaceae > tribe Arabideae > Draba
Sibling taxa
D. abajoensis, D. albertina, D. aleutica, D. alpina, D. aprica, D. arabisans, D. arctica, D. arctogena, D. argyrea, D. arida, D. asprella, 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. 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
D. abajoensis, D. albertina, D. aleutica, D. alpina, D. aprica, D. arabisans, D. arctica, D. arctogena, D. argyrea, D. arida, D. asprella, 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. 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
Synonyms D. alpina var. bellii, D. alpina var. corymbosa, D. barbata, D. bellii, D. kjellmanii, D. macrocarpa, D. vestita
Name authority R. Brown ex de Candolle: Syst. Nat. 2: 343. (1821) Hultén: Bot. Not. 119: 315, fig. 2. (1966)
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