Halimolobos jaegeri |
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Jaeger's halimolobos, Mojave fissurewort, Mojave halimolobos |
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Habit | Perennials. |
Stems | erect to ascending, often paniculately branched distally, 1.5–7.5 dm, trichomes sessile or subsessile. |
Basal leaves | absent on older plants. |
Cauline leaves | petiolate or (distal) sessile; petiole 0.3–2 cm; blade oblanceolate or lanceolate to obovate, (1.5–)3–8(–11.5) cm × (7–)15–35(–46) mm (smaller distally), base cuneate, margins coarsely dentate to shallowly sinuate, surfaces with stalked to subsessile trichomes. |
Racemes | slightly to considerably elongated in fruit. |
Flowers | sepals slightly spreading, 2–4 × 0.8–1.5 mm; petals (slightly spreading), spatulate or oblanceolate, (3.5–)4.5–6 × 1–1.5 mm, claw obscurely differentiated from blade, to 1.5 mm; filaments spreading, 3.5–6 mm, equal to or longer than petals; anthers 0.7–1 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate or slightly ascending, (3–)4–9(–12) mm. |
Fruits | divaricate or slightly ascending, curved or straight, torulose, linear, terete, (1–)1.5–2.6 cm × 0.6–0.9 mm; ovules 28–38 per ovary; style (1–)1.5–2.2 mm. |
Seeds | uniseriate, 0.9–1.2 × 0.5–0.6 mm. |
Halimolobos jaegeri |
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Phenology | Flowering early Jun-late Aug. |
Habitat | Limestone cliffs, canyon walls, granitic slopes, rocky outcrops, crevices of volcanic cliffs |
Elevation | 1300-2400 m (4300-7900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV
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Discussion | Halimolobos jaegeri is known in California from Inyo and San Bernardino counties and in Nevada from Esmeralda and Nye counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 558. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Halimolobeae > Halimolobos |
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Synonyms | Sisymbrium diffusum var. jaegeri, H. diffusa var. jaegeri |
Name authority | (Munz) Rollins: Harvard Pap. Bot. 1: 46. (1993) |
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