Draba globosa |
Draba hitchcockii |
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beavertip Draba, rockcress Draba, round-fruit Draba |
lost river Draba |
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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. |
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Draba globosa |
Draba hitchcockii |
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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 |
ID; MT; UT; WY
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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 |
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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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