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beavertip Draba, rockcress Draba, round-fruit Draba

Santa Rita Mountain Draba, Santa Rita Mountain whitlowgrass, Santa Rita whitlow grass

Habit Perennials; (cespitose, pulvinate); caudex branched (with persistent leaves, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. Perennials; (cespitose, long-lived); caudex simple or branched (covered with persistent petioles), not scapose.
Stems

unbranched, 0.1–0.5 dm, glabrous.

usually unbranched, rarely branched, 0.3–1.9(–2.8) dm, moderately to densely hirsute throughout, trichomes simple, 0.2–1.3 mm, with short-stalked to subsessile, cruciform, 0.02–0.4 mm, and 2-rayed ones, 0.3–0.9 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).

rosulate; petiolate;

petiole ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.4–1.5 mm);

blade oblanceolate, 1–5(–6) cm × 2–5(–10) mm, margins usually entire, rarely denticulate, surfaces pubescent, abaxially with stalked, cruciform trichomes, 0.07–0.5 mm, adaxially often similar, sometimes with fewer, simple and 2-rayed trichomes, 0.4–1.3 mm.

Cauline leaves

0.

3–10;

sessile;

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

Racemes

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

rachis not flexuous, glabrous.

10–37(–58)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, pubescent 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, 2–3.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and 2-rayed);

petals yellow, oblanceolate, 3.5–6 × 1.2–1.8 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.8–1 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

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

divaricate-ascending, straight, 4–10 mm, pubescent throughout, trichomes simple (0.1–0.5 mm) and subsessile, 2–4-rayed, (0.03–0.2 mm).

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.

lanceolate to elliptic, often strongly twisted, flattened, 5–11 × 2–3 mm;

valves puberulent at least along margin, trichomes simple, antrorse, 0.03–0.15 mm;

ovules 14–24 per ovary;

style 0.8–1.8(–2.5) mm.

Seeds

oblong, 1.1–1.4 × 0.8–1 mm.

ovoid, 1–1.4 × 0.6–0.9 mm.

Draba globosa

Draba petrophila

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Ridges, talus, alpine tundra and meadows Crevices, ledges of cliffs
Elevation 2700-3900 m (8900-12800 ft) 1200-2800 m (3900-9200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; MT; UT; WY
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from FNA
AZ
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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 petrophila is often broadly circumscribed to include the taxon herein called D. viridis. For a discussion of the differences between these species and the closely related D. helleriana, see I. A. Al-Shehbaz and M. D. Windham (2007). Draba petrophila, in the strict sense, is known only from Cochise, Pima, and Santa Cruz counties in southeastern Arizona.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 308. FNA vol. 7, p. 329.
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. 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. 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 D. helleriana var. blumeri, D. helleriana var. petrophila
Name authority Payson: Amer. J. Bot. 4: 257. (1917) Greene: Pittonia 4: 17. (1899)
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