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Alaska Draba, Alaska whitlow-grass

Ogilvie Range Draba

Habit Biennials or perennials; (short-lived, not cespitose); caudex simple (not fleshy); scapose. Perennials; (stoloniferous); caudex branched (sparsely covered with petiole remains, branches slender, creeping, loosely matted); often scapose.
Stems

often unbranched, (0.2–)0.4–3(–3.4) dm, pubescent proximally, usually glabrous distally, rarely sparsely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.1–0.4(–0.5) mm.

unbranched, 0.4–1.5 dm, glabrous or pubescent throughout, trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2- or 3-rayed, 0.1–0.5 mm.

Basal leaves

rosulate;

petiole (obscure), margin ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.2–0.4 mm);

blade oblanceolate to obovate, 0.4–2.6(–3.1) cm × 1.5–7(–10) mm, margins entire or denticulate, (ciliate as petiole), surfaces pubescent, abaxially with short-stalked, 3- or 4-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.5 mm, adaxially with simple and stalked, 2–4-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.5 mm.

not rosulate; (subopposite); petiolate;

petiole base and margin ciliate or not, (trichomes simple, 0.2–0.8 mm);

blade oblanceolate or lanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm × 1.5–5 mm, margins entire, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent with simple and stalked, 2–4-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.5 mm, (midvein obscure abaxially).

Cauline leaves

(0 or) 1 or 2 (3 or 4);

sessile;

blade elliptic to lanceolate or ovate, margins toothed, surfaces pubescent, abaxially with short-stalked 3- or 4-rayed trichomes, adaxially with simple and short-stalked, 2–4-rayed trichomes.

(0 or) 1 or 2; (subopposite);

sessile;

blade ovate or oblong, margins entire, surfaces pubescent as basal.

Racemes

(2–)4–10(–15)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent.

5–13-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit;

rachis not or slightly flexuous, glabrous or pubescent as stem.

Flowers

(chasmogamous, petaliferous);

sepals (green or purplish), oblong, 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous or pubescent, (trichomes simple);

petals yellow, oblanceolate, 2.5–3.5 × 0.6–1 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.25–0.4 mm.

sepals ovate, 2–3 mm, glabrous or pubescent, (trichomes simple);

petals golden yellow, obovate, 3.5–6 × 2–3 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.3–0.5 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

horizontal to divaricate-ascending, straight, 3–14(–19) mm (subequaling or shorter than fruit), usually glabrous, rarely pubescent, trichomes 2–4-rayed.

horizontal to divaricate, often curved upward, 6–13(–17) mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, trichomes simple and 2-rayed.

Fruits

linear or, rarely, linear-elliptic, plane, flattened, (8–)10–17(–20) × 1.5–2 mm;

valves usually glabrous, rarely sparsely puberulent, trichomes simple;

ovules 24–36 per ovary;

style 0.01–0.15 mm.

oblong, plane, flattened, 6–9 × 2–3 mm;

valves glabrous;

ovules 8–20 per ovary;

style 0.4–1 mm.

Seeds

ovoid, 0.9–1 × 0.5–0.6 mm.

ovoid, 0.9–1 × ca. 0.6 mm.

2n

= 40.

= 16.

Draba stenoloba

Draba ogilviensis

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Grassy knolls, glacial moraines and creek banks, mesic meadows, alpine thickets Tundra, river flats and banks, exposed talus slopes, hummocks in wet sedge meadows
Elevation 600-2300 m (2000-7500 ft) 900-2200 m (3000-7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; OR; WA; AB; BC; YT
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from FNA
AK; NT; YT
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Discussion

Draba stenoloba is occasionally confused with D. albertina, but is easily recognized by having exclusively 2–4-rayed (versus mostly simple) trichomes on stems proximally. It is rarely encountered and apparently confined to the Pacific Northwest. In contrast, D. albertina is common and widespread in the mountains of western North America.

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

The limits of Draba ogilviensis were confused by authors who reduced it to synonymy of D. juvenilis or D. sibirica. A thorough discussion of the three species and their distinguishing characteristics was provided by D. F. Murray and C. L. Parker (1999).

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 340. FNA vol. 7, p. 324.
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. standleyi, 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. 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
Synonyms D. acinacis, D. hirta var. siliquosa, D. macouniana, D. nemorosa var. stenoloba, D. nitida var. praelonga, D. oligantha, D. stenoloba var. oligantha
Name authority Ledebour: Fl. Ross. 1: 154. (1841) Hultén: Bot. Not. 119: 315, fig. 2. (1966)
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