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kathul mountain Draba

Charleston Mountain Draba

Habit Perennials; (cespitose); caudex often branched (covered with persistent leaves or leaf remains, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); not scapose. Perennials; caudex simple or branched (not fleshy, usually with some persistent leaf remains); sometimes scapose.
Stems

unbranched, (0.4–)0.9–2.7(–3.5) dm, pubescent proximally, glabrous distally, trichomes simple, 0.2–1 mm, and often smaller, fewer short-stalked, 2–4-rayed ones.

unbranched, (0.1–)0.3–0.9 dm, glabrous throughout or sparsely pubescent proximally, trichomes simple and 2–6-rayed, 0.1–0.5 mm.

Basal leaves

rosulate;

petiolate;

petiole (0–0.7 cm), margin ciliate;

blade oblanceolate to obovate, (0.3–)0.6–2.1(–2.8) cm × (1.5–)2.5–5(–9) mm, margins entire or sparsely denticulate, (ciliate, trichomes simple, 0.2–1.1 mm), surfaces pubescent with stalked, cruciform, and 2- or 3-rayed trichomes, (rays sometimes spurred), 0.1–0.6 mm, sometimes mostly simple trichomes adaxially.

rosulate;

petiolate;

petiole (0–0.5 cm), ciliate throughout;

blade oblanceolate to obovate, 0.4–1.7(–2.3) cm × 1.6–4(–6) mm, margins usually entire, rarely denticulate, (sparsely ciliate, trichomes simple, 0.3–0.8 mm), surfaces pubescent, abaxially with stalked, (2–)4(–6)-rayed trichomes, (0.05–)0.1–0.6 mm, adaxially with simple and fewer, stalked, 2–4-rayed ones.

Cauline leaves

1–6;

sessile;

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

0 or 1;

sessile;

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

Racemes

7–25-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, glabrous.

(2–)4–9(–12)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis slightly flexuous, glabrous.

Flowers

sepals ovate, 1.5–2.2 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2-rayed);

petals white, obovate, 4–6 × 1.5–2.5 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.4–0.5 mm.

sepals ovate, 1.2–1.7 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2- or 3-rayed);

petals yellowish (quickly fading white), spatulate, 1.8–2.2 × 0.6–1 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.25–0.3 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate-ascending, usually straight, rarely curved, (4–)7–18 mm, glabrous.

divaricate-ascending, straight, 2–5(–8) mm, glabrous.

Fruits

linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, plane, flattened, 5–13 × 1.5–2 mm;

valves glabrous;

ovules 20–30 per ovary;

style 0.6–1.5 mm.

elliptic to linear lanceolate, plane, flattened, 5–10(–12) × 1.7–2(–2.5) mm;

valves glabrous;

ovules 20–30 per ovary;

style 0.08–0.2 mm.

Seeds

oblong, 0.9–1.2 × ca. 0.5 mm.

oblong, 0.9–1.2 × 0.5–0.8 mm.

2n

= 48.

= 40.

Draba murrayi

Draba paucifructa

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Rock outcrops and talus, open forests, dry slopes, alluvial gravels Moist, shaded slopes among limestone and dolomite rocks
Elevation 150-900 m (500-3000 ft) 2600-3500 m (8500-11500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; YT
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
NV
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

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

Of conservation concern.

Draba paucifructa is known from the Charleston Mountains in Clark County. M. D. Windham (2004) suggested that it is an allopolyploid resulting from hybridization between D. albertina and D. lonchocarpa, and he discussed the morphological features that distinguish this species from its putative parents.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 321. FNA vol. 7, p. 327.
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. 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. 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. 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 G. A. Mulligan: Canad. J. Bot. 57: 1874. (1979) Clokey & C. L. Hitchcock: Madroño 5: 127. (1939)
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