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lost river Draba

stolon Draba

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

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.

unbranched, (0.15–)0.25–0.6(–0.7) dm, pubescent basally, trichomes simple and 2- or 3-rayed, 0.1–0.5 mm.

Basal leaves

(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.

rosulate;

subsessile;

petiole (0–0.5 cm) margin ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.2–1 mm);

blade oblanceolate to spatulate or obovate, (0.3–)0.4–1.4(–2) cm × (1.5–)2–4(–6) mm, margins entire, (ciliate as petiole), surfaces usually pubescent, sometimes glabrescent, abaxially with stalked, 2–4-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.5 mm, adaxially often with simple and 2-rayed trichomes, to 0.9 mm.

Cauline leaves

0.

0 (or 1);

sessile;

blade similar to basal.

Racemes

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

rachis not flexuous, hirsute as stem.

(5–)9–18(–23)-flowered, ebracteate, slightly elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stems proximally (trichomes often crisped).

Flowers

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.

sepals ovate or broadly oblong, 1.7–2.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and stalked, 2-rayed);

petals yellow, spatulate to oblanceolate, 3–4 × 1.5–2 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.4–0.5 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

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

divaricate-ascending, usually straight, rarely curved upward, 3–6(–10) mm, pubescent, trichomes simple and 2- or 3-rayed, (crisped, 0.1–0.5 mm).

Fruits

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.

ovoid or ovoid-lanceolate, plane, inflated at least basally, (3–)4–6(–7) × 2–4 mm;

valves glabrous or pubescent, trichomes simple and 2-rayed, 0.07–0.3 mm;

ovules (4–)8–12 per ovary;

style (0.3–)0.4–0.6 mm.

Seeds

oblong, 1.4–1.8 × 0.8–1 mm.

oblong, 1–1.4 × 0.6–0.8 mm.

2n

= 54.

= 26.

Draba hitchcockii

Draba sobolifera

Phenology Flowering May–Jun. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Limestone outcrops and gravelly soil Igneous rock outcrops, fellfields, rocky slopes in mixed conifer and alpine meadow communities
Elevation 1800-2200 m (5900-7200 ft) 3100-3600 m (10200-11800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

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.)

Of conservation concern.

Draba sobolifera is related to, and sympatric with, D. ramulosa, and occasional sterile hybrids are encountered. There is no evidence of introgression and the two species are easily distinguished (see discussion of 90. D. ramulosa). Draba sobolifera is known from the Tushar Mountains in south-central Utah (Beaver and Piute counties).

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 311. FNA vol. 7, p. 338.
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. 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
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. sierrae, D. simmonsii, D. smithii, 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. sobolifera var. uncinalis, D. uncinalis
Name authority Rollins: J. Arnold Arbor. 64: 500. (1983) Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 251. (1903)
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