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Charleston Mountain Draba

broad-pod whitlow-grass, broadpod Draba

Habit Perennials; caudex simple or branched (not fleshy, usually with some persistent leaf remains); sometimes scapose. Annuals; scapose or subscapose.
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.

often unbranched, sometimes branched proximally, (0.3–)0.5–3.2(–4) dm, densely hirsute proximally, trichomes simple, 0.9–1.5 mm, and stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.1–0.6 mm, pubescent distally, trichomes usually branched, rarely simple ones present.

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;

petiole obscure;

blade obovate to spatulate or oblanceolate, 1–4.5 cm × 5–25(–30) mm, margins dentate, surfaces pubescent, abaxially with stalked, (2 or) 3 or 4-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.6 mm, adaxially with simple, 0.7–1.3 mm, and stalked, 2–4-rayed ones, 0.1–0.5 mm.

Cauline leaves

0 or 1;

sessile;

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

(3 or) 4–8(–14);

sessile;

blade similar to basal.

Racemes

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

rachis slightly flexuous, glabrous.

12–45(–60)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, pubescent, trichomes 2–4-rayed.

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.

(mid- and late-season ones cleistogamous, apetalous);

sepals oblong, 1.4–2.2 mm, pubescent;

petals white, oblanceolate, (1.7–)2.5–3.5(–4) × 1–2 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.2–0.35 mm (shorter in cleistogamous flowers).

Fruiting pedicels

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

horizontal to divaricate, straight, 4–9(–11) mm, pubescent as stem.

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.

obovate-oblong to obovate, plane, flattened, 5–8.2(–9.5) × (2.4–)2.8–3.7(–4) mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes simple, antrorse, 0.2–0.5 mm;

ovules (28–)40–70(–82) per ovary;

style 0.01–0.2 mm.

Seeds

oblong, 0.9–1.2 × 0.5–0.8 mm.

ovoid, 0.5–0.7 × 0.3–0.5 mm.

2n

= 40.

= 16, 32.

Draba paucifructa

Draba platycarpa

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering Feb–Mar.
Habitat Moist, shaded slopes among limestone and dolomite rocks Rocky hillsides, gravelly and sandy areas, dry plains, roadsides
Elevation 2600-3500 m (8500-11500 ft) 0-500 m (0-1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NV
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from FNA
AR; AZ; ID; LA; OK; OR; TX; WA
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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 platycarpa is occasionally treated as a variety of D. cuneifolia, but is amply distinct from that species (R. L. Hartman et al. 1975).

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 327. FNA vol. 7, p. 330.
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. 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. paucifructa, D. paysonii, D. pectinipila, D. pedicellata, D. pennellii, D. petrophila, D. pilosa, 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
Synonyms D. cuneifolia var. platycarpa, D. viperensis
Name authority Clokey & C. L. Hitchcock: Madroño 5: 127. (1939) Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 108. (1838)
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