FNA: Draba heilii vs. Draba maguirei

	Draba heilii	Draba maguirei
		Maguire's Draba
Habit	Perennials; (densely cespitose); caudex few-branched (compact, with persistent, thickened leaves); not scapose.	Perennials; (cespitose, forming loose mats); caudex branched (with some persistent leaf bases, branches often creeping, sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose.
Stems	unbranched or branched distally, 0.3–0.7 dm, glabrous throughout or, rarely, pilose, trichomes simple and stalked, 2-rayed, 0.2–0.5 mm.	unbranched, (0.4–)0.7–1.7(–2.2) dm, usually glabrous, rarely proximalmost parts and sterile shoots pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.2–0.5 mm.
Basal leaves	(persistent, imbricate); rosulate; undifferentiated into blade and petiole (becoming indurate at base); blade linear-lanceolate, 0.5–0.8 cm × 1–1.5(–2) mm, margins entire, surfaces glabrous or, rarely, pilose with simple and stalked, 2-rayed trichomes, (margins ciliate with simple and, rarely, 2-rayed setiform trichomes, 0.5–1.3 mm, midvein prominent).	rosulate; sessile; blade oblanceolate, (0.5–)0.7–1.4(–2) cm × 1.5–3.5(–5) mm, margins entire, surfaces pubescent with stalked, cruciform, and 2- or 3-rayed trichomes, 0.2–0.6 mm, (sometimes trichomes only on margins or apex, not ciliate, midvein obscure abaxially).
Cauline leaves	6–8; sessile; blade linear-oblong, 0.5–0.8 cm × 1–2 mm (widest about base), margins entire, (ciliate).	0.
Racemes	10–26-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, usually glabrous, rarely pubescent, (trichomes non-crisped, simple and 2-rayed).	5–18(–23)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, glabrous.
Flowers	sepals ovate, 1.7–2.7 mm, usually glabrous, rarely pilose, (trichomes simple); petals yellow, oblong-oblanceolate, 4–6 × 1.5–2 mm; anthers oblong, 0.5–0.6 mm.	sepals ovate, 2.5–4 mm, glabrous; petals yellow, oblanceolate, 5–7 × 2–3 mm; anthers ovate, 0.5–0.6 mm.
Fruiting pedicels	ascending, straight, 3–5(–7) mm, usually glabrous, rarely pilose, (trichomes simple and 2-rayed, stalked).	divaricate-ascending to ascending (not expanded basally), straight, 5–13(–18) mm, glabrous.
Fruits	narrowly lanceolate, twisted 1/2 turn or plane, flattened, 7–10 × 1.3–1.6 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 16–20 per ovary; style 0.7–1.3 mm.	broadly ovate to lanceolate, plane (not curved), flattened, (3–)4–6.5(–8) × 2–3 mm; valves glabrous or puberulent, trichomes simple, 0.05–0.2 mm; ovules 4–8 per ovary; style 0.6–1.7 mm.
Seeds	ovoid, 1 × 0.6 mm.	ovoid to oblong, 1.6–2 × 1–1.3 mm.
2n		= 16, 32.

	Draba heilii	Draba maguirei
Phenology	Flowering Jun–Jul.	Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat	Alpine tundra	Dolomite outcrops, talus, rocky slopes
Elevation	ca. 3700 m (ca. 12100 ft)	1600-2900 m (5200-9500 ft)
Distribution	NM [BONAP county map]	UT [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Draba heilii is restricted to Mora and Rio Arriba counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)	Draba maguirei is known from the Bear River Range in Cache County. Despite this very narrow distribution, the species includes two ploidy levels (diploid and tetraploid) that are morphologically and ecologically distinct (M. D. Windham, unpubl.). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source	FNA vol. 7, p. 311.	FNA vol. 7, p. 318.
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. globosa, D. graminea, D. grandis, D. grayana, 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. 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
Name authority	Al-Shehbaz: Harvard Pap. Bot. 14: 83, fig. 1. (2009)	C. L. Hitchcock: Revis. Drabas W. N. Amer., 70, plate 5, figs. 37a–c. (1941)
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Draba maguirei

Maguire's Draba

Habit

Perennials; (densely cespitose); caudex few-branched (compact, with persistent, thickened leaves); not scapose.

Perennials; (cespitose, forming loose mats); caudex branched (with some persistent leaf bases, branches often creeping, sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose.

Stems

unbranched or branched distally, 0.3–0.7 dm, glabrous throughout or, rarely, pilose, trichomes simple and stalked, 2-rayed, 0.2–0.5 mm.

unbranched, (0.4–)0.7–1.7(–2.2) dm, usually glabrous, rarely proximalmost parts and sterile shoots pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.2–0.5 mm.

Basal leaves

(persistent, imbricate); rosulate; undifferentiated into blade and petiole (becoming indurate at base);

blade linear-lanceolate, 0.5–0.8 cm × 1–1.5(–2) mm, margins entire, surfaces glabrous or, rarely, pilose with simple and stalked, 2-rayed trichomes, (margins ciliate with simple and, rarely, 2-rayed setiform trichomes, 0.5–1.3 mm, midvein prominent).

rosulate;

sessile;

blade oblanceolate, (0.5–)0.7–1.4(–2) cm × 1.5–3.5(–5) mm, margins entire, surfaces pubescent with stalked, cruciform, and 2- or 3-rayed trichomes, 0.2–0.6 mm, (sometimes trichomes only on margins or apex, not ciliate, midvein obscure abaxially).

Cauline leaves

6–8;

sessile;

blade linear-oblong, 0.5–0.8 cm × 1–2 mm (widest about base), margins entire, (ciliate).

Racemes

10–26-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, usually glabrous, rarely pubescent, (trichomes non-crisped, simple and 2-rayed).

5–18(–23)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, glabrous.

Flowers

sepals ovate, 1.7–2.7 mm, usually glabrous, rarely pilose, (trichomes simple);

petals yellow, oblong-oblanceolate, 4–6 × 1.5–2 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.5–0.6 mm.

sepals ovate, 2.5–4 mm, glabrous;

petals yellow, oblanceolate, 5–7 × 2–3 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.5–0.6 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

ascending, straight, 3–5(–7) mm, usually glabrous, rarely pilose, (trichomes simple and 2-rayed, stalked).

divaricate-ascending to ascending (not expanded basally), straight, 5–13(–18) mm, glabrous.

Fruits

narrowly lanceolate, twisted 1/2 turn or plane, flattened, 7–10 × 1.3–1.6 mm;

valves glabrous;

ovules 16–20 per ovary;

style 0.7–1.3 mm.

broadly ovate to lanceolate, plane (not curved), flattened, (3–)4–6.5(–8) × 2–3 mm;

valves glabrous or puberulent, trichomes simple, 0.05–0.2 mm;

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 0.6–1.7 mm.

Seeds

ovoid, 1 × 0.6 mm.

ovoid to oblong, 1.6–2 × 1–1.3 mm.

= 16, 32.

Draba heilii

Draba maguirei

Phenology

Flowering Jun–Jul.

Flowering May–Jul.

Habitat

Alpine tundra

Dolomite outcrops, talus, rocky slopes

Elevation

ca. 3700 m (ca. 12100 ft)

1600-2900 m (5200-9500 ft)

Distribution

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Draba heilii is restricted to Mora and Rio Arriba counties.

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

Draba maguirei is known from the Bear River Range in Cache County. Despite this very narrow distribution, the species includes two ploidy levels (diploid and tetraploid) that are morphologically and ecologically distinct (M. D. Windham, unpubl.).

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

Source

FNA vol. 7, p. 311.

FNA vol. 7, p. 318.

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. globosa, D. graminea, D. grandis, D. grayana, 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. 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

Name authority

Al-Shehbaz: Harvard Pap. Bot. 14: 83, fig. 1. (2009)

C. L. Hitchcock: Revis. Drabas W. N. Amer., 70, plate 5, figs. 37a–c. (1941)

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