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scotter's whitlowgrass

granite Draba, Lemmon's Draba

Habit Perennials; (cespitose); caudex simple or branched (covered with persistent leaves); scapose. Perennials; (cespitose, not pulvinate); caudex branched (covered with persistent petiole remains, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose.
Stems

unbranched, 0.2–1.4 dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes 2–8-rayed, 0.07–0.4 mm, and, sometimes, simple ones, 0.2–0.8 mm.

unbranched, 0.3–1(–1.5) dm, hirsute throughout, trichomes simple, 0.2–0.7 mm, with short-stalked, 2-rayed ones, (smaller).

Basal leaves

rosulate;

petiolate;

petiole base ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.2–1 mm);

blade oblanceolate, 0.4–1.5 cm × 1–3 mm, margins entire, (ciliate as petiole base), surfaces pubescent with short-stalked, stellate, 8–12-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.4 mm.

rosulate; shortly petiolate;

petiole base and margin ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.5–1 mm, midvein obscure);

blade (somewhat fleshy), oblanceolate to obovate, 0.4–1(–1.8) cm × 1.5–4(–6) mm, margins entire, surfaces hirsute, abaxially mostly with stalked, 2-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.8 mm, rarely with fewer, simple ones, adaxially with mostly simple ones, 0.5–1 mm.

Cauline leaves

0.

0.

Racemes

1–9-flowered, usually ebracteate, rarely proximalmost flower subtended by a tiny bract, usually considerably elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem.

4–15(–21)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, hirsute as stem.

Flowers

sepals oblong, 2–3 mm, subapically pubescent, (trichomes simple);

petals yellow, obovate to spatulate, 3.5–5.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.4–0.5 mm.

sepals ovate, 2–2.7 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple, short-stalked, 2-rayed);

petals yellow, spatulate, 4–6 × 1.5–2.5 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.4–0.6 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate-ascending, straight, 3–8(–12) mm, pubescent as stem.

horizontal to divaricate-ascending (often somewhat decurrent basally), straight or curved upward, 4–10(–14) mm, hirsute as stem.

Fruits

lanceolate to narrowly so, plane, flattened, 5–11 × 1.5–2.5 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes simple, 0.1–0.4 mm, occasionally with some 2-rayed ones;

ovules 12–18 per ovary;

style 0.3–1 mm.

ovate to ovate-lanceolate, slightly twisted, flattened, 4–9 × 3.5–5 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes usually simple, 0.1–0.45 mm, rarely with fewer, short-stalked, 2-rayed ones;

ovules 10–14(–16) per ovary;

style 0.1–0.6(–0.8) mm.

Seeds

ovoid, 0.8–1.2 × 0.6–0.7 mm.

ovoid, 1–1.4 × 0.6–1 mm.

2n

= 96.

= 50.

Draba scotteri

Draba lemmonii

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Talus and gravelly summits in alpine communities Granitic rock outcrops, boulder slopes, alpine fellfields
Elevation 1200-2000 m (3900-6600 ft) 3000-4000 m (9800-13100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
YT
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

The description of Draba scotteri is based on collections from Kluane National Park, southwestern Yukon Territory.

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

Draba lemmonii was so broadly circumscribed by C. L. Hitchcock (1941) and R. C. Rollins (1993) that it included plants here assigned to three different species. For a list of features distinguishing D. lemmonii from the recently-segregated D. longisquamosa and D. cyclomorpha, see I. A. Al-Shehbaz and M. D. Windham (2007). Draba lemmonii is apparently restricted to alpine areas of the Sierra Nevada in Fresno, Inyo, Madera, Mono, and Tuolumne counties.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 335. FNA vol. 7, p. 316.
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. 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. 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. 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
Name authority G. A. Mulligan: Canad. J. Bot. 57: 1874. (1979) S. Watson: in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 2: 430. (1880)
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