Draba scotteri |
Draba monoensis |
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scotter's whitlowgrass |
Mono Draba, White Mountains Draba |
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Habit | Perennials; (cespitose); caudex simple or branched (covered with persistent leaves); scapose. | Perennials; (usually cespitose); caudex simple or branched (poorly developed, with persistent leaf remains); sometimes 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, (0.05–)0.1–0.4 dm, usually pubescent throughout, rarely sparsely pubescent or glabrous distally, trichomes simple and 2-rayed, (often crisped), 0.1–0.6 mm. |
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; subsessile or shortly petiolate; petiole margin ciliate or not; blade narrowly oblanceolate, (0.3–)0.5–1.6(–2) cm × (1–)1.5–3(–4) mm, margins usually entire, rarely subapically denticulate, (ciliate or not), surfaces pubescent with simple and stalked, 2-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.7 mm, (midvein obscure abaxially). |
Cauline leaves | 0. |
0–2 (or 3); sessile; blade ovate to oblong, margins entire, surfaces pubescent as basal. |
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. |
(3–)6–13(–17)-flowered, ebracteate or proximalmost 1 (or 2) flowers bracteate, not or slightly elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, usually pubescent as stem, rarely glabrous. |
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 (persistent), oblong, 1–1.5 mm, subapically sparsely pubescent, (trichomes simple); petals white, spatulate, 1.5–2 × 0.5–0.6 mm; anthers ovate, 0.15–0.2 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate-ascending, straight, 3–8(–12) mm, pubescent as stem. |
divaricate-ascending, straight, 1–2.5(–4) mm, usually pubescent as stem, rarely glabrous. |
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. |
ovoid to subellipsoid, plane, slightly inflated basally, (2–)3–5 × (1.2–)1.5–2.5 mm; valves usually puberulent, rarely glabrous, trichomes simple, 0.05–0.2 mm; ovules 12–20 per ovary; style 0.1–0.2 mm. |
Seeds | ovoid, 0.8–1.2 × 0.6–0.7 mm. |
ovoid, 0.6–0.8 × 0.4–0.6 mm. |
2n | = 96. |
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Draba scotteri |
Draba monoensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Talus and gravelly summits in alpine communities | Gravelly alpine meadows |
Elevation | 1200-2000 m (3900-6600 ft) | 3600-4000 m (11800-13100 ft) |
Distribution |
YT |
CA |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. Draba monoensis appears to be polyploid (M. D. Windham, unpubl.), and its morphological similarity to D. fladnizensis (R. C. Rollins 1993) may indicate that the latter is one of its progenitors. The species is known from the White Mountains of Mono County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 335. | FNA vol. 7, p. 320. |
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Name authority | G. A. Mulligan: Canad. J. Bot. 57: 1874. (1979) | Rollins & R. A. Price: Aliso 12: 22, figs. 1f–j, 3. (1988) |
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