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beavertip Draba, rockcress Draba, round-fruit Draba

lost river Draba

Habit Perennials; (cespitose, pulvinate); caudex branched (with persistent leaves, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. Perennials; (densely cespitose); caudex branched (densely covered with persistent leaves, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose.
Stems

unbranched, 0.1–0.5 dm, glabrous.

unbranched, (0.1–)0.3–1(–1.3) dm, hirsute throughout, trichomes simple, 0.4–1 mm, and 2–4-rayed, 0.1–0.6 mm.

Basal leaves

rosulate;

sessile;

blade (not fleshy), narrowly oblanceolate or lanceolate to linear, (0.2–)0.3–0.8 cm × 0.5–1.6(–2) mm, margins entire (ciliate, trichomes simple, 0.1–0.8 mm, apex acute, trichomes usually longer), surfaces glabrous, (midvein obscure abaxially).

(densely imbricate); rosulate;

sessile;

blade narrowly oblanceolate to oblong-linear, 0.3–1.2(–1.5) cm × 1–2 mm, margins entire, (ciliate, trichomes simple, 0.3–1.2 mm), surfaces pubescent abaxially with stalked, 2–4-rayed trichomes, 0.08–0.45 mm, (midvein obscure), adaxially glabrous proximally, sparsely pubescent distally with mostly simple trichomes.

Cauline leaves

0.

0.

Racemes

2–5(–7)-flowered, ebracteate, slightly elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, glabrous.

4–15-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, hirsute as stem.

Flowers

sepals (persistent to near fruit maturity), ovate to broadly oblong, 2–3 mm, glabrous;

petals white to pale yellow, obovate, 2.5–4 × 1.2–2 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.4–0.6 mm.

sepals oblong, 2.5–3.5 mm, hirsute, (trichomes simple and stalked, 2–4-rayed);

petals white, obovate, 5–6.5 × 2–3.5 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.5–0.6 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate-ascending, straight or slightly curved, 2–6 mm, glabrous.

ascending, straight, (2–)4–13(–18) mm, hirsute as stem.

Fruits

ovate, plane, flattened, 4.5–8 × 2.5–4 mm;

valves (distinctly veined), glabrous;

ovules 8–16 per ovary;

style (0.1–)0.2–0.6 mm.

ovate to broadly oblong or elliptic, plane, flattened, (3–)4–7(–10) × (2.5–)3.5–5 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2(–4)-rayed, 0.06–0.5 mm;

ovules 8–12 per ovary;

style (0.8–)1–1.7(–2) mm.

Seeds

oblong, 1.1–1.4 × 0.8–1 mm.

oblong, 1.4–1.8 × 0.8–1 mm.

2n

= 54.

Draba globosa

Draba hitchcockii

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Ridges, talus, alpine tundra and meadows Limestone outcrops and gravelly soil
Elevation 2700-3900 m (8900-12800 ft) 1800-2200 m (5900-7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; MT; UT; WY
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from FNA
ID
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Discussion

Draba globosa is an apomictic species closely related to D. burkei (M. D. Windham, unpubl.). Though often treated as a variety of D. densifolia, it is morphologically and phyletically distinct from that species. Both R. C. Rollins (1993) and N. H. Holmgren (2005b) indicated that the species occurs in Colorado, but we have not seen material for that state.

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

Draba hitchcockii is known from the Lost River Range in Butte and Custer counties. Based on morphological and chromosomal evidence, M. D. Windham (2004) suggested that it may be an allopolyploid resulting from hybridization between D. oreibata and D. paysonii. Draba hitchcockii is superficially similar to D. jaegeri, a taxon known from the Charleston Mountains of Clark County, Nevada. Both are cespitose perennials with relatively large, white flowers and a chromosome number (2n = 54) otherwise unknown in Draba (Windham). Features distinguishing these two taxa are provided in the discussion of 51. D. jaegeri.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 308. FNA vol. 7, p. 311.
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. corymbosa, D. crassa, D. crassifolia, D. cruciata, D. cuneifolia, D. cusickii, D. cyclomorpha, D. daviesiae, D. densifolia, D. exunguiculata, D. fladnizensis, D. glabella, 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. 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
Synonyms D. apiculata, D. densifolia var. apiculata, D. densifolia var. decipiens, D. densifolia var. globosa
Name authority Payson: Amer. J. Bot. 4: 257. (1917) Rollins: J. Arnold Arbor. 64: 500. (1983)
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