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Standley's Draba

Payson's Draba

Habit Perennials; (densely pulvinate); caudex branched (with persistent, thickened petioles, branches compact); not scapose. Perennials; (cespitose, densely pulvinate); caudex branched (covered with persistent leaves, branches creeping, sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose.
Stems

unbranched, 0.3–1.3(–1.7) dm, usually glabrous throughout or sparsely pubescent proximally, rarely sparsely pubescent distally, trichomes simple and 2-rayed, 0.1–0.7 mm.

unbranched, 0.05–0.3 dm, densely pubescent throughout, trichomes simple, 0.4–1.3 mm, and stalked, 2–5-rayed, stellate, 0.1–0.6 mm.

Basal leaves

(not imbricate); rosulate;

petiolate;

petiole ciliate, (trichomes usually simple, rarely 2-rayed, not setiform);

blade narrowly oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, (strongly differentiated into blade and petiole), (1.2–)1.8–6(–8.5) cm × 1–5(–7) mm, margins entire or sparsely denticulate, (ciliate as petiole; midvein not prominent), surfaces glabrous or pubescent, usually with simple trichomes 0.1–0.8 mm, rarely 2-rayed.

(imbricate); rosulate;

sessile;

blade linear to linear-oblanceolate, 0.4–1.2 cm × 0.8–1.5 mm, margins entire, (ciliate, trichomes simple and spurred, (0.4–)0.6–1.4 mm), surfaces pubescent, abaxially (dense) with stalked, 2–12-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.8 mm, adaxially with simple and 2-rayed ones, 0.3–1 mm, (midvein prominent).

Cauline leaves

1–8;

sessile;

blade lanceolate to narrowly oblong, margins usually entire, surfaces pubescent as basal.

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Racemes

5–17(–23)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, usually glabrous, rarely pubescent, trichomes simple and 2-rayed, (non-crisped).

2–7-flowered, ebracteate, slightly elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem.

Flowers

sepals ovate, 2–2.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple);

petals yellow, oblanceolate, 4–6 × 1.5–2 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.6–0.8 mm.

sepals oblong, 2.8–3.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2–4-rayed);

petals pale yellow, oblanceolate to spatulate, (4–)5–6 × (1.5–)2–3 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.5–0.7 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate-ascending or ascending, straight, 3–9(–13) mm, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent, trichomes simple.

divaricate-ascending, straight, 3–9 mm, pubescent, trichomes simple (0.4–1.4 mm), and stalked, 2–5-rayed (0.1–0.6 mm).

Fruits

linear-elliptic to elliptic, twisted or plane, flattened, 5–10(–13) × 1.5–2.5 mm;

valves usually glabrous, rarely puberulent, trichomes simple, 0.05–0.1 mm;

ovules 12–24 per ovary;

style 0.7–1.4(–1.8) mm.

often broadly ovoid to lanceolate, plane, slightly inflated basally, (5–)6–9 × (3–)3.7–5 mm;

valves densely pubescent, trichomes simple and 2-rayed, (0.2–)0.4–1 mm, (occasionally with fewer, smaller, 4- or 5-rayed ones);

ovules 8–12 per ovary;

style (0.6–)0.8–1.2 mm.

Seeds

ovoid, 1–1.2 × 0.7–0.8 mm.

oblong, 1.7–2.2 × 1–1.4 mm.

Draba standleyi

Draba paysonii

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Igneous rock outcrops, stabilized talus slopes Limestone rock outcrops, talus, gravelly calcareous soil
Elevation 1800-3100 m (5900-10200 ft) 1800-3500 m (5900-11500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
MT; WY
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Draba standleyi is a distinctive species that is sporadically distributed in the mountains of southwestern United States. It is known from the Chiricahua Mountains (Cochise County, southeastern Arizona), the Organ Mountains and Black Range (Dona Ana and Sierra counties, south-central New Mexico), and the Davis Mountains (Jeff Davis County, western Texas). It has not been reported from Mexico, though it is very likely to occur there.

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

Draba paysonii is known from southwestern Montana (Gallatin, Glacier, Madison, and Meagher counties) and northwestern Wyoming (Fremont and Park counties). Reports of its occurrence in Alberta (e.g., G. A. Mulligan 1971b) are based on plants of D. novolympica, a species formerly treated as D. paysonii var. treleasei. Features distinguishing these two species are discussed under 70. D. novolympica.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 340. FNA vol. 7, p. 327.
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. scotteri, D. serpentina, D. sharsmithii, D. sibirica, D. sierrae, D. simmonsii, D. smithii, D. sobolifera, D. spectabilis, D. sphaerocarpa, D. sphaeroides, 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. 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. 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
Synonyms D. gilgiana, D. chrysantha var. gilgiana D. vestita
Name authority J. F. Macbride & Payson: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 5: 150. (1918) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 52. (1918)
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