Draba pectinipila |
Draba ogilviensis |
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Ogilvie Range Draba |
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Habit | Perennials; (cespitose, sometimes forming mats); caudex branched (with persistent leaf bases, branches creeping, terminating in scapes or sterile rosettes); scapose. | Perennials; (stoloniferous); caudex branched (sparsely covered with petiole remains, branches slender, creeping, loosely matted); often scapose. |
Stems | unbranched, (0.3–)0.4–1.6(–1.9) dm, pubescent, trichomes sessile, pectinate, 0.1–0.4 mm, (parallel to long axis of stem, sometimes with irregularly 2–4-rayed ones, 0.2–0.6 mm). |
unbranched, 0.4–1.5 dm, glabrous or pubescent throughout, trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2- or 3-rayed, 0.1–0.5 mm. |
Basal leaves | rosulate; subsessile; blade narrowly oblanceolate to linear, (0.4–)0.6–1.3(–2) cm × 0.9–2.2 mm, margins entire (not ciliate), surfaces pubescent with subsessile or sessile, pectinate trichomes, 0.2–0.5 mm. |
not rosulate; (subopposite); petiolate; petiole base and margin ciliate or not, (trichomes simple, 0.2–0.8 mm); blade oblanceolate or lanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm × 1.5–5 mm, margins entire, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent with simple and stalked, 2–4-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.5 mm, (midvein obscure abaxially). |
Cauline leaves | 0. |
(0 or) 1 or 2; (subopposite); sessile; blade ovate or oblong, margins entire, surfaces pubescent as basal. |
Racemes | 5–22-flowered, ebracteate, considerably elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem. |
5–13-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not or slightly flexuous, glabrous or pubescent as stem. |
Flowers | sepals broadly ovate, 2–3.2 mm, pubescent, (trichomes pectinate); petals yellow, obovate to spatulate, 4–6.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm; anthers ovate 0.4–0.5 mm. |
sepals ovate, 2–3 mm, glabrous or pubescent, (trichomes simple); petals golden yellow, obovate, 3.5–6 × 2–3 mm; anthers ovate, 0.3–0.5 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate-ascending, straight, (5–)7–14 mm, sparsely pubescent, trichomes pectinate. |
horizontal to divaricate, often curved upward, 6–13(–17) mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, trichomes simple and 2-rayed. |
Fruits | ovoid, plane, slightly inflated basally, 4–6(–7) × 2–3 mm; valves pubescent, trichomes usually sessile, pectinate, 0.2–0.5 mm, rarely with simple ones; ovules 4–8 per ovary; style 0.5–1.5 mm. |
oblong, plane, flattened, 6–9 × 2–3 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 8–20 per ovary; style 0.4–1 mm. |
Seeds | oblong, 1.1–1.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm. |
ovoid, 0.9–1 × ca. 0.6 mm. |
2n | = 22. |
= 16. |
Draba pectinipila |
Draba ogilviensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes in sagebrush scrub and pinyon-juniper woodlands | Tundra, river flats and banks, exposed talus slopes, hummocks in wet sedge meadows |
Elevation | 1700-2400 m (5600-7900 ft) | 900-2200 m (3000-7200 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; MT; UT; WY |
AK; NT; YT |
Discussion | Draba pectinipila was treated as a synonym of D. oligosperma by G. A. Mulligan (1972), R. C. Rollins (1993), and N. H. Holmgren (2005b). The latter recognized D. juniperina as a distinct species but overlooked the fact that it is indistinguishable from the type collections of the earlier-published D. pectinipila. The species (including D. juniperina) differs significantly from D. oligosperma in both chromosome number and morphology. Draba pectinipila is easily distinguished by having fruit valves pubescent with pectinate trichomes, fruiting pedicels (5–)7–14 mm, petals 4–6.5 mm, ovules 4–8 per ovary, and styles 0.5–1.5 mm. By contrast, D. oligosperma has fruit valves glabrous or pubescent with simple or 2-rayed trichomes, fruiting pedicels (2–)3–10(–13) mm, petals 2.5–4 mm, ovules 6–12 per ovary, and styles 0.1–0.8(–1.1) mm. Draba pectinipila was previously known only from the type locality in northwestern Wyoming (Park County). Its range is now expanded to include that of D. juniperina in northwestern Colorado (Moffat County), northeastern Utah (Daggett and Uintah counties), and southwestern Wyoming (Sweetwater County). The record from Uintah County is based on Goodrich 22275 (NY). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The limits of Draba ogilviensis were confused by authors who reduced it to synonymy of D. juvenilis or D. sibirica. A thorough discussion of the three species and their distinguishing characteristics was provided by D. F. Murray and C. L. Parker (1999). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 328. | FNA vol. 7, p. 324. |
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Synonyms | D. juniperina, D. oligosperma var. juniperina, D. oligosperma var. pectinipila | |
Name authority | Rollins: Rhodora 55: 231. (1953) | Hultén: Bot. Not. 119: 315, fig. 2. (1966) |
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