FNA: Draba globosa vs. Draba sierrae

	Draba globosa	Draba sierrae
	beavertip Draba, rockcress Draba, round-fruit Draba	Sierra Draba
Habit	Perennials; (cespitose, pulvinate); caudex branched (with persistent leaves, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose.	Perennials; (cespitose, pulvinate, canescent); caudex branched (covered with persistent leaves, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose.
Stems	unbranched, 0.1–0.5 dm, glabrous.	unbranched, (0.05–)0.1–0.4 dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes pectinate or 2–4-rayed, 0.1–0.4 mm, and sometimes simple.
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 oblong, 0.2–0.6(–0.8) cm × 0.7–1.5(–2) mm, margins entire, (sometimes ciliate, trichomes simple, 0.5–1 mm), surfaces densely pubescent with stalked, subdendritic, 7–12-rayed trichomes, 0.2–0.5 mm.
Cauline leaves	0.	0.
Racemes	2–5(–7)-flowered, ebracteate, slightly elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, glabrous.	2–6(–9)-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, 2.5–3.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes short-stalked, branched); petals yellow, spatulate, 4–5 × 1.2–1.8 mm; anthers oblong, 0.5–0.7 mm.
Fruiting pedicels	divaricate-ascending, straight or slightly curved, 2–6 mm, glabrous.	divaricate to ascending, straight, 2–5(–7) mm, pubescent 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.	lanceolate to elliptic or broadly oblong to ovate-orbicular, often twisted, occasionally plane, flattened, 4–8(–10) × (2–)3–4.5 mm (asymmetric); valves pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, subpectinate, or 2–4-rayed, 0.05–0.3 mm, sometimes with simple ones; ovules 8–14(–16) per ovary; style (0.1–)0.3–0.7(–1) mm.
Seeds	oblong, 1.1–1.4 × 0.8–1 mm.	ovoid, 1.2–1.5 × 0.7–1 mm.

	Draba globosa	Draba sierrae
Phenology	Flowering Jun–Aug.	Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat	Ridges, talus, alpine tundra and meadows	Granite outcrops, rocky slopes
Elevation	2700-3900 m (8900-12800 ft)	3500-3900 m (11500-12800 ft)
Distribution	ID; MT; UT; WY [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	CA [BONAP county map]
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.)	Of conservation concern. Draba sierrae is known only from the southern Sierra Nevada in east-central California (Inyo and Fresno counties). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source	FNA vol. 7, p. 308.	FNA vol. 7, p. 337.
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. 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. 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)	Sharsmith: Madroño 5: 149. (1940)
Web links	Local Web sites: PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: CA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Draba sierrae

beavertip Draba, rockcress Draba, round-fruit Draba

Sierra Draba

Habit

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

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

Stems

unbranched, 0.1–0.5 dm, glabrous.

unbranched, (0.05–)0.1–0.4 dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes pectinate or 2–4-rayed, 0.1–0.4 mm, and sometimes simple.

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 oblong, 0.2–0.6(–0.8) cm × 0.7–1.5(–2) mm, margins entire, (sometimes ciliate, trichomes simple, 0.5–1 mm), surfaces densely pubescent with stalked, subdendritic, 7–12-rayed trichomes, 0.2–0.5 mm.

Cauline leaves

Racemes

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

rachis not flexuous, glabrous.

2–6(–9)-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, 2.5–3.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes short-stalked, branched);

petals yellow, spatulate, 4–5 × 1.2–1.8 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.5–0.7 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

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

divaricate to ascending, straight, 2–5(–7) mm, pubescent 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.

lanceolate to elliptic or broadly oblong to ovate-orbicular, often twisted, occasionally plane, flattened, 4–8(–10) × (2–)3–4.5 mm (asymmetric);

valves pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, subpectinate, or 2–4-rayed, 0.05–0.3 mm, sometimes with simple ones;

ovules 8–14(–16) per ovary;

style (0.1–)0.3–0.7(–1) mm.

Seeds

oblong, 1.1–1.4 × 0.8–1 mm.

ovoid, 1.2–1.5 × 0.7–1 mm.

Draba globosa

Draba sierrae

Phenology

Flowering Jun–Aug.

Habitat

Ridges, talus, alpine tundra and meadows

Granite outcrops, rocky slopes

Elevation

2700-3900 m (8900-12800 ft)

3500-3900 m (11500-12800 ft)

Distribution

ID; MT; UT; WY

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

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.)

Of conservation concern.

Draba sierrae is known only from the southern Sierra Nevada in east-central California (Inyo and Fresno counties).

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

Source

FNA vol. 7, p. 308.

FNA vol. 7, p. 337.

Parent taxa

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. 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. 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)

Sharsmith: Madroño 5: 149. (1940)

Web links

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