Draba yukonensis |
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Yukon whitlowgrass |
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Habit | Perennials; (short-lived); caudex simple or branched (with persistent leaf remains); not scapose. |
Stems | branched, 0.4–2 dm, pubescent throughout, trichomes simple, 0.3–1.2 mm, and 2–6-rayed, 0.05–0.6 mm. |
Basal leaves | rosulate; subsessile; blade oblanceolate to narrowly so, 0.3–1 cm × 0.5–2 mm, margins entire, (ciliate, trichomes simple, to 1.3 mm), surfaces pubescent, abaxially with (rigid), simple and 2-rayed trichomes, 0.4–1.2 mm, sometimes with short-stalked, 3–6-rayed ones, 0.1–0.3 mm, adaxially with simple trichomes. |
Cauline leaves | 1–3; sessile; blade ovate to oblong, margins entire, surfaces pubescent as basal. |
Racemes | 5–20-flowered, ebracteate, considerably elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem. |
Flowers | sepals ovate, 1.2–1.6 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and 2–4-rayed); petals white, spatulate, 1.5–2 × 0.7–0.8 mm; anthers ovate, ca. 0.2 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | erect to ascending, straight, 0.5–3 mm, pubescent as stem. |
Fruits | ovoid to oblong, plane, not flattened, 2–5 × 1.5–2 mm; valves pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 4- or 5-rayed, 0.05–0.3 mm; ovules 36–52 per ovary; style 0.1–0.3 mm. |
Seeds | oblong, 0.6–0.8 × 0.3–0.4 mm. |
Draba yukonensis |
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Phenology | Flowering late May–Jun. |
Habitat | Open stony ridges on ancient beach in grassy areas and aspen stands |
Elevation | ca. 600 m (ca. 2000 ft) |
Distribution |
YT |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Draba yukonensis is known only from Kluane National Park, southwestern Yukon Territory. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 346. |
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Name authority | A. E. Porsild: Publ. Bot. (Ottawa) 4: 37, plate 7. (1975) |
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