Draba monoensis |
Draba sobolifera |
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Mono Draba, White Mountains Draba |
stolon Draba |
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Habit | Perennials; (usually cespitose); caudex simple or branched (poorly developed, with persistent leaf remains); sometimes scapose. | Perennials; (cespitose); caudex often branched (with persistent leaf bases, branches elongated, sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. |
Stems | unbranched, (0.05–)0.1–0.4 dm, usually pubescent throughout, rarely sparsely pubescent or glabrous distally, trichomes simple and 2-rayed, (often crisped), 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 | rosulate; subsessile or shortly petiolate; petiole margin ciliate or not; blade narrowly oblanceolate, (0.3–)0.5–1.6(–2) cm × (1–)1.5–3(–4) mm, margins usually entire, rarely subapically denticulate, (ciliate or not), surfaces pubescent with simple and stalked, 2-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.7 mm, (midvein obscure abaxially). |
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 | 0–2 (or 3); sessile; blade ovate to oblong, margins entire, surfaces pubescent as basal. |
0 (or 1); sessile; blade similar to basal. |
Racemes | (3–)6–13(–17)-flowered, ebracteate or proximalmost 1 (or 2) flowers bracteate, not or slightly elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, usually pubescent as stem, rarely glabrous. |
(5–)9–18(–23)-flowered, ebracteate, slightly elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stems proximally (trichomes often crisped). |
Flowers | sepals (persistent), oblong, 1–1.5 mm, subapically sparsely pubescent, (trichomes simple); petals white, spatulate, 1.5–2 × 0.5–0.6 mm; anthers ovate, 0.15–0.2 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 | divaricate-ascending, straight, 1–2.5(–4) mm, usually pubescent as stem, rarely glabrous. |
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 | ovoid to subellipsoid, plane, slightly inflated basally, (2–)3–5 × (1.2–)1.5–2.5 mm; valves usually puberulent, rarely glabrous, trichomes simple, 0.05–0.2 mm; ovules 12–20 per ovary; style 0.1–0.2 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 | ovoid, 0.6–0.8 × 0.4–0.6 mm. |
oblong, 1–1.4 × 0.6–0.8 mm. |
2n | = 26. |
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Draba monoensis |
Draba sobolifera |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Gravelly alpine meadows | Igneous rock outcrops, fellfields, rocky slopes in mixed conifer and alpine meadow communities |
Elevation | 3600-4000 m (11800-13100 ft) | 3100-3600 m (10200-11800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA |
UT |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Draba monoensis appears to be polyploid (M. D. Windham, unpubl.), and its morphological similarity to D. fladnizensis (R. C. Rollins 1993) may indicate that the latter is one of its progenitors. The species is known from the White Mountains of Mono County. (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. 320. | FNA vol. 7, p. 338. |
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Synonyms | D. sobolifera var. uncinalis, D. uncinalis | |
Name authority | Rollins & R. A. Price: Aliso 12: 22, figs. 1f–j, 3. (1988) | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 251. (1903) |
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