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Charleston Mountain Draba

Maguire's Draba

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.

0.

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

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
from FNA
NV
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
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.
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. 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
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. 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
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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