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Santa Rita Mountain Draba, Santa Rita Mountain whitlowgrass, Santa Rita whitlow grass

wing-seed Draba, wingedseed Draba

Habit Perennials; (cespitose, long-lived); caudex simple or branched (covered with persistent petioles), not scapose. Perennials; (densely cespitose to pulvinate); caudex branched (with persistent leaves, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose.
Stems

usually unbranched, rarely branched, 0.3–1.9(–2.8) dm, moderately to densely hirsute throughout, trichomes simple, 0.2–1.3 mm, with short-stalked to subsessile, cruciform, 0.02–0.4 mm, and 2-rayed ones, 0.3–0.9 mm.

unbranched, 0.3–1.1 dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes sub-dendritic, 2–7-rayed, (often crisped), 0.2–0.7 mm.

Basal leaves

rosulate; petiolate;

petiole ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.4–1.5 mm);

blade oblanceolate, 1–5(–6) cm × 2–5(–10) mm, margins usually entire, rarely denticulate, surfaces pubescent, abaxially with stalked, cruciform trichomes, 0.07–0.5 mm, adaxially often similar, sometimes with fewer, simple and 2-rayed trichomes, 0.4–1.3 mm.

(densely imbricate); rosulate; petiolate;

petiole base and margin ciliate, (trichomes simple or branched, often crisped, 0.3–1 mm);

blade oblanceolate to obovate or spatulate, 0.2–0.7 cm × 1–2.8 mm, margins entire, surfaces densely pubescent (often grayish) with stellate-dendritic, stalked, 5–12-rayed, (often crisped) trichomes, 0.2–0.6 mm.

Cauline leaves

3–10;

sessile;

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

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Racemes

10–37(–58)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem.

4–12-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem.

Flowers

sepals oblong, 2–3.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and 2-rayed);

petals yellow, oblanceolate, 3.5–6 × 1.2–1.8 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.8–1 mm.

sepals oblong, 3–4 mm, pubescent, (trichomes stalked, branched, crisped);

petals yellow, oblanceolate, 6–7 × 1.5–2.5 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.7–0.9 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate-ascending, straight, 4–10 mm, pubescent throughout, trichomes simple (0.1–0.5 mm) and subsessile, 2–4-rayed, (0.03–0.2 mm).

erect (and subappressed to rachis) or ascending, straight, (3–)4–9(–12) mm, pubescent as stem.

Fruits

lanceolate to elliptic, often strongly twisted, flattened, 5–11 × 2–3 mm;

valves puberulent at least along margin, trichomes simple, antrorse, 0.03–0.15 mm;

ovules 14–24 per ovary;

style 0.8–1.8(–2.5) mm.

broadly ovate to lanceolate or subelliptic, plane, flattened, 5–10(–13) × (2.5–)3.5–5(–6) mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes short stalked, 2–7-rayed, (straight or crisped), 0.15–0.6 mm;

ovules 8–12 per ovary;

style 1.5–3(–3.8) mm.

Seeds

ovoid, 1–1.4 × 0.6–0.9 mm.

(winged), ovate, 1.6–3 × 1.3–1.8 mm; (wing 0.3–0.9 mm wide).

Draba petrophila

Draba pterosperma

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Crevices, ledges of cliffs Limestone and marble outcrops, talus, gravel slopes
Elevation 1200-2800 m (3900-9200 ft) 1500-2500 m (4900-8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Draba petrophila is often broadly circumscribed to include the taxon herein called D. viridis. For a discussion of the differences between these species and the closely related D. helleriana, see I. A. Al-Shehbaz and M. D. Windham (2007). Draba petrophila, in the strict sense, is known only from Cochise, Pima, and Santa Cruz counties in southeastern Arizona.

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

Draba pterosperma is a distinctive species that is restricted to the Marble Mountains of northern California (Siskiyou County).

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 329. FNA vol. 7, p. 332.
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. paucifructa, D. paysonii, D. pectinipila, D. pedicellata, D. pennellii, 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. platycarpa, D. porsildii, D. praealta, 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. helleriana var. blumeri, D. helleriana var. petrophila
Name authority Greene: Pittonia 4: 17. (1899) Payson: Amer. J. Bot. 4: 266. (1917)
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