Draba santaquinensis |
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Habit | Biennials or perennials; (short-lived); caudex simple (poorly developed, without persistent leaf bases); not scapose. |
Stems | usually branched, 1.1–3.4 dm, hirsute proximally, trichomes mostly simple and 2-rayed, 0.2–1.5 mm, pubescent distally, trichomes mostly 2- or 3-rayed, 0.2–1 mm. |
Basal leaves | rosulate; petiole (obscure), ciliate, (trichomes simple and 2-rayed); blade obovate to oblanceolate, 1.6–2.5 cm × 5–10 mm, margins usually entire, rarely denticulate, surfaces pubescent, abaxially with stalked, mostly cruciform trichomes, 0.5–1 mm, adaxially with simple and stalked, 2–4-rayed ones. |
Cauline leaves | usually 1–5; sessile or subsessile; blade oblanceolate to oblong, margins often denticulate, (ciliate proximally, with 2- or 3-rayed trichomes). |
Racemes | 9–25-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent, trichomes 2- or 3-rayed. |
Flowers | sepals oblong-obovate, 2–3.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes short- to long-stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.2–0.8 mm); petals yellow (often fading whitish), oblanceolate, 3–5 × 1–1.5 mm; anthers ovate, 0.4–0.5 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | horizontal to divaricate-ascending, usually straight, rarely curved upward, 7–10 mm, pubescent, trichomes 2- or 3-rayed. |
Fruits | narrowly elliptic to slightly falcate, plane, flattened, (7–)10–16 × (2–)2.5–3.7 mm; valves pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.2–0.5 mm; ovules 14–22 per ovary; style 0.9–1.2 mm. |
Seeds | oblong, 1.1–1.5 × 0.7–0.9 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
Draba santaquinensis |
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Phenology | Flowering late Apr-early Jun. |
Habitat | Limestone outcrops and rocky slopes in mixed conifer communities |
Elevation | 1800-2400 m (5900-7900 ft) |
Distribution |
UT |
Discussion | Although Draba santaquinensis was included within D. brachystylis by previous authors, I. A. Al-Shehbaz and M. D. Windham (2007) have shown that it is distinct both morphologically and chromosomally. It is currently known only from Utah County (American Fork, Provo, and Santaquin canyons) in north-central Utah. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 334. |
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Name authority | Windham & Allphin: Harvard Pap. Bot. 12: 410. (2007) |
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