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stanley creek Draba

mound Draba, parasol Draba

Habit Perennials; (cespitose, densely pulvinate); caudex branched (covered with persistent leaves, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose. Perennials; (cespitose, densely pulvinate); caudex branched (densely covered with persistent leaves and remains, branches tightly grouped, sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose.
Stems

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

unbranched, (0.05–)0.1–0.25 dm, densely pubescent throughout, trichomes (grayish), stalked, dendritic, 5–12-rayed, 0.1–0.25 mm.

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;

sessile;

blade obovate to broadly oblong, 0.2–0.4 cm × 0.6–1.5 mm, margins entire, (not ciliate), surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes (grayish), stalked, dendritic, 5–12-rayed, 0.1–0.3 mm, (sometimes with long-stalked and spurred trichomes adaxially).

Cauline leaves

0 (or 1);

sessile;

blade similar to basal.

0.

Racemes

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

rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem.

2–5(–10)-flowered, ebracteate, subumbellate or slightly 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 broadly oblong, 1.8–2.8 mm, pubescent, (trichomes dendritic);

petals yellow, spatulate, 2.8–4 × 1–1.5 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.3–0.4 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

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

divaricate-ascending, straight, 1.5–3(–6) mm, glabrous or 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.

ovoid to ovoid-lanceolate, plane, inflated and sometimes subgibbous basally, flattened distally, 2–5 × 2–3 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, dendritic, 4–12-rayed, (sometimes spurred), 0.05–0.2 mm;

ovules 6–12 per ovary;

style 0.2–0.6 mm.

Seeds

oblong, 1.4–2 × 0.8–1.2 mm.

oblong, 1–1.2 × 0.5–0.7 mm.

Draba trichocarpa

Draba subumbellata

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Gravelly metamorphic soil at ecotone between sagebrush steppe and open conifer forests Wind-eroded areas, alpine fellfields, rock crevices
Elevation ca. 2000 m (ca. 6600 ft) 3300-4100 m (10800-13500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA; NV
[BONAP county map]
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.)

Draba subumbellata is similar to, and sympatric with, D. oligosperma. It is distinguished from the latter by having stalked, stellate to dendritic leaf trichomes, subumbellate racemes, fruiting pedicels 1.5–3.0(–6.0) mm, fruits pubescent with mostly 4–12-rayed trichomes, and well-formed anthers and pollen. By contrast, D. oligosperma has sessile or subsessile, pectinately-branched leaf trichomes, elongated racemes, fruiting pedicels (2–)3–10(–13) mm, fruits glabrous or pubescent with simple and 2-rayed trichomes, and abortive anthers and/or pollen. Draba subumbellata is restricted to the White Mountains (Esmeralda County, Nevada, and Mono County, California) and to Coyote Ridge in the Sierra Nevada (Inyo County, California).

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 344. FNA vol. 7, p. 343.
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. 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. trichocarpa, D. ventosa, D. verna, D. viridis, D. weberi, D. yukonensis, D. zionensis
Name authority Rollins: Contr. Gray Herb. 214: 4. (1984) Rollins & R. A. Price: Aliso 12: 25, figs. 1k–n, 4. (1988)
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