Draba daviesiae |
Draba ogilviensis |
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bitter root Draba |
Ogilvie Range Draba |
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Habit | Perennials; (densely pulvinate); caudex branched (branches elongated, loose, with persistent leaf remains, terminating in flowering or sterile shoots); scapose. | Perennials; (stoloniferous); caudex branched (sparsely covered with petiole remains, branches slender, creeping, loosely matted); often scapose. |
Stems | unbranched, (0.05–)0.2–0.6 dm, glabrous. |
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 | (densely imbricate); rosulate; petiolate; petiole ciliate throughout; blade (fleshy), oblong to obovate or oblanceolate, 0.3–0.7(–1) cm × 1–2(–2.5) mm, margins entire, (ciliate, trichomes simple, 0.1–0.5 mm, apex obtuse), surfaces glabrous (midvein obscure abaxially). |
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 | 2–8(–10)-flowered, ebracteate, (subcorymbose), slightly elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, glabrous. |
5–13-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not or slightly flexuous, glabrous or pubescent as stem. |
Flowers | sepals oblong, 1.5–2.2 mm, glabrous; petals pale to bright yellow, spatulate, 3.5–4 × 1–2 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 (not decurrent basally), straight, 4–10 mm, glabrous. |
horizontal to divaricate, often curved upward, 6–13(–17) mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, trichomes simple and 2-rayed. |
Fruits | ovate to oblong-elliptic, plane, flattened, 4–8 × 2–4 mm; valves (obscurely veined), glabrous; ovules 6–14 per ovary; style 0.1–0.5 mm. |
oblong, plane, flattened, 6–9 × 2–3 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 8–20 per ovary; style 0.4–1 mm. |
Seeds | ovoid, 1.2–1.5 × 0.8–1 mm. |
ovoid, 0.9–1 × ca. 0.6 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
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Draba daviesiae |
Draba ogilviensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Talus slopes, rock crevices and cracks, rocky ridges and slides, alpine meadows | Tundra, river flats and banks, exposed talus slopes, hummocks in wet sedge meadows |
Elevation | 2700-2900 m (8900-9500 ft) | 900-2200 m (3000-7200 ft) |
Distribution |
MT |
AK; NT; YT |
Discussion | Although originally described as a variety of Draba apiculata (= D. globosa), D. daviesiae is distinct morphologically. It is easily distinguished from the former by its densely pulvinate habit, obtuse leaf blades, and obscurely veined fruit valves. By contrast, D. globosa exhibits a cespitose but non-pulvinate habit, acute leaf blades, and prominently veined fruit valves. Draba daviesiae is known from the Bitterroot Mountains in Ravalli County. (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. 305. | FNA vol. 7, p. 324. |
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Synonyms | D. apiculata var. daviesiae, D. densifolia var. daviesiae | |
Name authority | (C. L. Hitchcock) Rollins: Contr. Gray Herb. 214: 5. (1984) | Hultén: Bot. Not. 119: 315, fig. 2. (1966) |
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