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Mineral King Draba
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| Perennials; caudex branched (with persistent leaf bases and petioles); scapose. |
Perennials; (cespitose, loosely matted); caudex branched (with persistent leaf remains, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. |
unbranched, (0.15–)0.3–1.1(–1.3) dm, often pubescent throughout, sometimes sparsely pubescent distally, trichomes stalked, 2–4-rayed, and fewer, simple ones, 0.1–0.3(–0.6) mm. |
unbranched, (0.3–)0.5–1.4(–1.8) dm, often glabrous throughout, sometimes pubescent proximally, trichomes stalked, cruciform, 0.07–0.3 mm, with 3–5-rayed ones. |
(not imbricate); rosulate; petiolate; petiole (base somewhat thickened), margin ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.5–1 mm); blade oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 0.5–1.6 cm × 2–5 mm, margins entire (apex subacute to obtuse), surfaces pubescent throughout or glabrous adaxially, with simple and stalked, 2–4(–6)-rayed, stellate to subdendritic trichomes. |
rosulate; petiolate; petiole ciliate throughout; blade oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, (0.4–)0.6–1.1(–1.6) cm × 1.5–3 mm, margins entire or minutely denticulate, surfaces pubescent with stalked, cruciform trichomes, 0.07–0.4 mm, (rarely with fewer, 3–5-rayed ones, sometimes both surfaces glabrous and only margins pubescent, not ciliate, midvein obscure abaxially). |
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(2–)4–10(–14)-flowered, ebracteate, slightly elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous (straight), pubescent as stem. |
(3–)5–18(–22)-flowered, ebracteate, considerably elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, glabrous. |
sepals (purplish green), oblong, (2.5–)2.8–3.5(–3.8) mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and sometimes short-stalked, 2-rayed); petals pale yellow, narrowly obovate, (sides non-parallel), (3.5–)3.8–5.5(–5.8) × (2.5–)2.8–4(–4.6) mm, (emarginate); anthers ovate, ca. 0.5 mm. |
sepals ovate, 1.5–2 mm, glabrous or pubescent distally, (trichomes short-stalked, 4-rayed); petals yellow, spatulate to oblanceolate, 4–5(–6) × 1.2–2 mm; anthers ovate, 0.4–0.6 mm. |
divaricate, straight, 2.5–10 mm, pubescent as stem. |
divaricate-ascending, (not decurrent basally), straight, (4–)5–10(–13) mm, glabrous. |
lanceolate, plane, slightly flattened, 5.5–9(–11) × 2.3–3.8 mm; valves pubescent, trichomes simple, sometimes with fewer, 2-rayed ones, 0.1–0.3 mm; ovules 16–24(–28) per ovary; style 0.1–0.3 mm (stigma as wide as style). |
narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, plane (not curved), flattened, (4–)6–12(–16) × 1.5–3 mm; valves glabrous or puberulent, trichomes simple and short stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.03–0.15 mm; ovules 6–10(–12) per ovary; style (0.1–)0.3–0.8 mm. |
(dark brown), oblong-ovate, 1–1.3 × 0.7–0.8 mm. |
ovoid, 1–1.7 × 0.8–1.3 mm. |
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| Flowering late Jun–Jul. |
Flowering Jul–Aug. |
| Dry open ground, open patches in meadows or heath vegetation, outwash plains |
Subalpine areas, ridges in pine and fir forests |
| 0-100 m (0-300 ft) |
2500-3100 m (8200-10200 ft) |
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Of conservation concern. Draba cruciata is known only from the Sierra Nevada of Tulare County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
| FNA vol. 7, p. 337. |
FNA vol. 7, p. 303. |
| 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. alpina var. gracilescens |
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| Elven & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 18: 326. (2008) |
Payson: Amer. J. Bot. 4: 265. (1917) |
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