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Draba, tall Draba, tall whitlow-grass, tall whitlow-grass Draba
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bitter root Draba
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| Annuals or perennials; (short-lived); caudex simple or branched; not scapose. |
Perennials; (densely pulvinate); caudex branched (branches elongated, loose, with persistent leaf remains, terminating in flowering or sterile shoots); scapose. |
branched or unbranched, (0.5–)0.8–3.2(–3.8) dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes 3–5-rayed, 0.1–0.4 mm, with simple and 2-rayed ones, 0.4–1 mm. |
unbranched, (0.05–)0.2–0.6 dm, glabrous. |
rosulate; subsessile; petiole base ciliate, (trichomes simple and 2-rayed, 0.2–0.8 mm); blade oblanceolate, (0.7–)1–3.5(–4.5) cm × 1.5–7(–9) mm, margins usually dentate, rarely entire, surfaces pubescent, abaxially with stalked, 3–6-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.5 mm, adaxially with stalked, 3–5-rayed, 0.1–0.6 mm, and simple ones, to 0.8 mm. |
(densely imbricate); rosulate; petiolate; petiole ciliate throughout; blade (fleshy), oblong to obovate or oblanceolate, 0.3–0.7(–1) cm × 1–2(–2.5) mm, margins entire, (ciliate, trichomes simple, 0.1–0.5 mm, apex obtuse), surfaces glabrous (midvein obscure abaxially). |
(1 or) 2–5(–9); sessile; blade ovate to lanceolate, margins dentate or entire, surfaces pubescent as basal. |
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(5–)8–30(–37)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem. |
2–8(–10)-flowered, ebracteate, (subcorymbose), slightly elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, glabrous. |
(late-season ones petaliferous); sepals ovate, 1.7–2.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and stalked, 2-rayed); petals white, oblanceolate to spatulate, 2.8–3.5(–4) × 0.8–1.2 mm; anthers ovate, 0.2–0.3 mm. |
sepals oblong, 1.5–2.2 mm, glabrous; petals pale to bright yellow, spatulate, 3.5–4 × 1–2 mm; anthers ovate, 0.3–0.4 mm. |
divaricate-ascending to ascending or suberect (not appressed to rachis), straight, (3–)4–10(–12) mm, pubescent, trichomes 3–5-rayed (0.1–0.4 mm), and sometimes simple. |
divaricate-ascending (not decurrent basally), straight, 4–10 mm, glabrous. |
(erect, not appressed to rachis) lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, plane, flattened, (5–)7–12(–15) × 1.5–2.5(–3) mm; valves puberulent, trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.05–0.25 mm; ovules (24–)30–52 per ovary; style 0.03–0.1(0.15) mm. |
ovate to oblong-elliptic, plane, flattened, 4–8 × 2–4 mm; valves (obscurely veined), glabrous; ovules 6–14 per ovary; style 0.1–0.5 mm. |
oblong, 0.8–1.1 × 0.5–0.6 mm, (often apiculate). |
ovoid, 1.2–1.5 × 0.8–1 mm. |
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| Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Flowering Jul–Aug. |
| Rocky pine slopes, subalpine areas, alpine meadows, grassy volcanic ridges, woodlands, damp rocky areas, limestone talus, shale cliffs, steep hillsides |
Talus slopes, rock crevices and cracks, rocky ridges and slides, alpine meadows |
| 1200-2900 m (3900-9500 ft) |
2700-2900 m (8900-9500 ft) |
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CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT; e Asia (Russian Far East [Chukchi Peninsula])
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Morphological and chromosomal evidence (M. D. Windham, unpubl.) suggests that Draba praealta may be an allopolyploid originating through hybridization between D. albertina and D. cana. Both R. C. Rollins (1993) and N. H. Holmgren (2005b) placed D. lonchocarpa var. dasycarpa in the synonymy of D. lonchocarpa. G. A. Mulligan (1974) indicated that the type of var. dasycarpa does not belong to that species and he correctly annotated its isotype (Macoun 64454, CAN) as D. praealta. Mulligan (1976) and Rollins indicated that D. praealta occurs in Alaska, but we have not seen unequivocal material from the state. We have not seen the material on which A. E. Katenin and V. V. Petrovsky (1995) based their record from the Russian Far East. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Although originally described as a variety of Draba apiculata (= D. globosa), D. daviesiae is distinct morphologically. It is easily distinguished from the former by its densely pulvinate habit, obtuse leaf blades, and obscurely veined fruit valves. By contrast, D. globosa exhibits a cespitose but non-pulvinate habit, acute leaf blades, and prominently veined fruit valves. Draba daviesiae is known from the Bitterroot Mountains in Ravalli County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
| FNA vol. 7, p. 331. |
FNA vol. 7, p. 305. |
| Brassicaceae > tribe Arabideae > Draba |
Brassicaceae > tribe Arabideae > Draba |
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. 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. 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. 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. cascadensis, D. columbiana, D. dolichopoda, D. lapilutea, D. lonchocarpa var. dasycarpa, D. praealta var. yellowstonensis, D. yellowstonensis |
D. apiculata var. daviesiae, D. densifolia var. daviesiae |
| Greene: Pittonia 3: 306. (1898) |
(C. L. Hitchcock) Rollins: Contr. Gray Herb. 214: 5. (1984) |
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