Draba oreibata |
Draba macounii |
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limestone Draba |
Macoun's Draba, Macoun's whitlow-grass |
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Habit | Perennials; (cespitose); caudex branched (with persistent leaves, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. | Perennials; (cespitose); caudex simple or branched (with persistent leaf bases, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. |
Stems | unbranched, 0.2–0.9 dm, glabrous throughout. |
unbranched, (0.06–)0.1–0.4(–0.6) dm, usually pubescent, rarely glabrous, trichomes simple and stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.15–0.9 mm. |
Basal leaves | rosulate; sessile; blade oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 0.2–1 cm × 0.6–2(–4) mm, margins entire, (ciliate, trichomes simple, 0.1–0.5 mm, apex obtuse), surfaces glabrous. |
rosulate; petiole (obscure), margin ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.3–1 mm); blade oblanceolate to obovate, (0.4–)0.6–1(–1.5) cm × (1–)2–4 mm, margins entire, surfaces usually pubescent abaxially, rarely glabrous, with short-stalked, 2–5-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.5 mm, adaxially glabrous or pubescent with simple and short-stalked, 2-rayed trichomes. |
Cauline leaves | 0. |
0. |
Racemes | 3–8-flowered, ebracteate, considerably elongated in fruit; rachis slightly flexuous, glabrous. |
3–10(–13)-flowered, ebracteate, (subumbellate), slightly elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, usually pubescent as stem, rarely glabrous. |
Flowers | sepals oblong, 1.7–2.5 mm, glabrous; petals white, oblanceolate to obovate, 3.5–4.5 × 1.2–2 mm; anthers ovate, 0.3–0.4 mm. |
sepals ovate, 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous or pubescent, (trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2- or 3-rayed); petals pale yellow, spatulate, 2.7–4 × 1–2 mm; anthers ovate, 0.2–0.3 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate-ascending to ascending, straight, 4–13 mm, glabrous. |
horizontal to divaricate (not expanded basally), curved upward, 1.5–4.5(–6) mm, abaxially pubescent as stem, adaxially usually glabrous, rarely throughout. |
Fruits | oblong to narrowly so, slightly twisted, flattened, 5–9 × 1.5–3 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 8–16 per ovary; style 0.3–0.9(–1.2) mm. |
subglobose to ovoid or ellipsoid, plane, inflated at least basally, 4–8 × 2–4.5 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 10–14(–16) per ovary; style 0.1–0.5 mm. |
Seeds | oblong, 0.9–1.3 × 0.6–0.8 mm. |
ovoid, 1–1.2 × 0.6–0.8 mm. |
2n | = 32. |
= 64. |
Draba oreibata |
Draba macounii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Limestone cliffs, talus | Rock outcrops, talus, tundra |
Elevation | 1800-2700 m (5900-8900 ft) | 700-2800 m (2300-9200 ft) |
Distribution |
ID |
AK; MT; AB; BC; YT |
Discussion | R. C. Rollins (1993) and N. H. Holmgren (2005b) divided Draba oreibata into two varieties: the Idaho endemic var. oreibata and the Nevada endemic var. serpentina. As indicated by I. A. Al-Shehbaz and M. D. Windham (2007), the two taxa are morphologically distinct, have different chromosome numbers, and are separated by over 480 kilometers. They are treated herein as separate species, and distinguished by characteristics discussed by Al-Shehbaz and Windham. Draba oreibata, in the strict sense, is known from Blaine, Butte, Clark, Custer, and Lemhi counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Draba macounii is often confused with the circumpolar decaploid (2n = 80) D. alpina. Plants of the former have scapes (0.6–)1–4(–6) cm, fruiting pedicels divaricate to horizontal, gently curved, and 1.5–4.5(–6) mm, and petals pale yellow, spatulate, and 2.7–4 × 1–2 mm. By contrast, D. alpina has scapes (3–)5–17(–28) cm, fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending to ascending, often straight, and (3–)4–14(–30) mm, and petals bright yellow, obovate, and 3.5–5 × 1.7–2.5 mm. R. C. Rollins (1993) indicated that the species occurs in Colorado, but we have not seen any material from that state. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 325. | FNA vol. 7, p. 318. |
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Name authority | J. F. Macbride & Payson: Amer. J. Bot. 4: 257. (1917) | O. E. Schulz: in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. 89[IV,105]: 97. (1927) |
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