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stanley creek Draba

Southern California Draba

Habit Perennials; (cespitose, densely pulvinate); caudex branched (covered with persistent leaves, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. Biennials or perennials; (short-lived); caudex simple (covered with persistent leaves); not scapose.
Stems

unbranched, 0.07–0.35 dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes (soft), stalked, subdendritic, (somewhat crisped), 0.1–0.5 mm, (simple ones absent).

branched, (0.3–) 0.4–1.7(–2.5) dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes simple and long-stalked, 2-rayed, 0.4–1.4 mm, with smaller, 2–4-rayed ones, 0.1–0.6 mm, (simple ones usually fewer distally).

Basal leaves

(densely imbricate); rosulate;

sessile;

blade oblong to obovate, 0.2–0.4 cm × 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire, (ciliate, trichomes simple and branched, subdendritic, or spurred, 0.3–0.8 mm), surfaces sparsely pubescent, abaxially with stalked, 4–6-rayed stellate trichomes, 0.1–0.4 mm, adaxially with simple and 4–6-rayed trichomes, mainly on distal 1/2.

(densely imbricate); rosulate; shortly petiolate;

petiole base and margin ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.6–2 mm);

blade oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, (0.5–)1–2.2(–4.5) cm × 2–5 mm, margins entire, surfaces densely pubescent, abaxially with stalked, 2–4-rayed trichomes, 0.4–1.2 mm, (simple trichomes often along midvein), adaxially with mostly simple and long-stalked, 2-rayed trichomes, 0.6–1.3 mm, sometimes with 3- or 4-rayed ones.

Cauline leaves

0 (or 1);

sessile;

blade similar to basal.

(4–)6–10(–13);

sessile;

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

Racemes

2–9-flowered, ebracteate, slightly elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem.

(10–)18–55(–67)-flowered, ebracteate or proximalmost flowers bracteate, slightly or considerably elongated in fruit;

rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem.

Flowers

sepals ovate, 2–3 mm, pubescent, (trichomes short-stalked);

petal color unknown, broadly obovate, 2–4 × 2–2.5 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.5–0.6 mm.

sepals oblong, 2–2.7 mm, pubescent, (trichomes short-stalked, 2–4-rayed);

petals yellow, linear, 2–3.5 × 0.2–0.5 mm;

anthers oblong, 0.6–0.8 mm (exserted).

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate-ascending to ascending, straight, 1–4.5 mm, pubescent as stem.

divaricate to ascending, straight, 2–6(–8) mm, pubescent as stem.

Fruits

ovoid, plane, slightly inflated basally, flattened distally, 2–6 × 2–3.5 mm;

valves densely pubescent, trichomes 4-rayed, 0.1–0.4 mm, (often some rays spurred or branched);

ovules 4–10 per ovary;

style 0.3–0.7 mm.

elliptic to oblong or linear- to oblong-elliptic, slightly twisted or plane, flattened, 5–13(–17) × 2–3(–4) mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, cruciform, 0.1–0.5 mm, (sometimes with 2- or 3-rayed ones);

ovules 16–28 per ovary;

style 1.4–3.4 mm.

Seeds

oblong, 1.4–2 × 0.8–1.2 mm.

oblong, 1–1.2 × 0.6–0.8 mm.

Draba trichocarpa

Draba corrugata

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Gravelly metamorphic soil at ecotone between sagebrush steppe and open conifer forests Alpine fellfields, talus, open pine woodlands
Elevation ca. 2000 m (ca. 6600 ft) 2000-3500 m (6600-11500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Draba trichocarpa is an apomictic polyploid that appears to be closely related to D. novolympica. It is readily distinguished from that species by the primarily dendritic trichomes (and absence of simple trichomes) on the stems, pedicels, and fruits. Draba trichocarpa is known from the Stanley Basin of central Idaho (Custer County).

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

Of conservation concern.

Draba corrugata was broadly circumscribed by R. C. Rollins (1993) to include three varieties that we treat as distinct species. For a discussion of species limits and distinguishing features, see I. A. Al-Shehbaz and M. D. Windham (2007). Draba corrugata, in the strict sense, is known from the San Antonio, San Bernardino, and San Gabriel mountains in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 344. FNA vol. 7, p. 301.
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. stenoloba, D. stenopetala, D. streptobrachia, D. streptocarpa, D. subalpina, D. subcapitata, D. subumbellata, 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. 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. 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. vestita
Name authority Rollins: Contr. Gray Herb. 214: 4. (1984) S. Watson: in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 2: 430. (1880)
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