Draba paucifructa |
Draba maguirei |
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Charleston Mountain Draba |
Maguire's Draba |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex simple or branched (not fleshy, usually with some persistent leaf remains); sometimes scapose. | Perennials; (cespitose, forming loose mats); caudex branched (with some persistent leaf bases, branches often creeping, sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. |
Stems | 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. |
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 | 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. |
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 | 0 or 1; sessile; blade ovate to lanceolate, margins entire, surfaces pubescent as basal. |
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Racemes | (2–)4–9(–12)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis slightly flexuous, glabrous. |
5–18(–23)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, glabrous. |
Flowers | 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. |
sepals ovate, 2.5–4 mm, glabrous; petals yellow, oblanceolate, 5–7 × 2–3 mm; anthers ovate, 0.5–0.6 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate-ascending, straight, 2–5(–8) mm, glabrous. |
divaricate-ascending to ascending (not expanded basally), straight, 5–13(–18) mm, glabrous. |
Fruits | 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. |
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 | oblong, 0.9–1.2 × 0.5–0.8 mm. |
ovoid to oblong, 1.6–2 × 1–1.3 mm. |
2n | = 40. |
= 16, 32. |
Draba paucifructa |
Draba maguirei |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Moist, shaded slopes among limestone and dolomite rocks | Dolomite outcrops, talus, rocky slopes |
Elevation | 2600-3500 m (8500-11500 ft) | 1600-2900 m (5200-9500 ft) |
Distribution |
NV |
UT |
Discussion | 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.) |
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. 327. | FNA vol. 7, p. 318. |
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Name authority | Clokey & C. L. Hitchcock: Madroño 5: 127. (1939) | C. L. Hitchcock: Revis. Drabas W. N. Amer., 70, plate 5, figs. 37a–c. (1941) |
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