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Jaeger's halimolobos, Mojave fissurewort, Mojave halimolobos

spreading fissurewort, spreading halimolobos

Habit Perennials. Perennials.
Stems

erect to ascending, often paniculately branched distally, 1.5–7.5 dm, trichomes sessile or subsessile.

erect to ascending, often paniculately branched distally, (1.2–)3–7.5(–12) dm, trichomes sessile or subsessile.

Basal leaves

absent on older plants.

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.

petiolate or (distal) sessile;

petiole 0.5–1 cm;

blade oblanceolate, lanceolate to oblong, or elliptic, (1–)2–5.5(–7) cm × (4–)7–20(–30) mm (smaller distally), base cuneate, margins sinuately lobed or dentate, surfaces with minutely stalked to subsessile trichomes.

Racemes

slightly to considerably elongated in fruit.

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.

sepals slightly spreading, 1.2–2 × 0.4–0.7 mm;

petals (slightly spreading), spatulate, (slender), 1.8–2.5 × 0.7–1 mm, claw distinctly differentiated from blade, 0.5–1 mm;

filaments spreading, 2.2–3 mm, longer than petals;

anthers 0.3–0.5 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate or slightly ascending, (3–)4–9(–12) mm.

usually divaricate, rarely slightly descending, (2–)3–6(–9) 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.

divaricate or slightly descending, straight, subtorulose, linear, terete, 0.6–1.4(–1.7) cm × 0.5–0.8 mm;

ovules 16–24 per ovary;

style 0.7–1(–1.5) mm.

Seeds

uniseriate, 0.9–1.2 × 0.5–0.6 mm.

uniseriate, 0.8–1 × 0.4–0.6 mm.

Halimolobos jaegeri

Halimolobos diffusa

Phenology Flowering early Jun-late Aug. Flowering mid Jul-mid Nov.
Habitat Limestone cliffs, canyon walls, granitic slopes, rocky outcrops, crevices of volcanic cliffs Shaded talus, ravines, granite outcrops, rock crevices, bluffs, steep canyons, limestone slopes, oak-juniper communities, igneous slopes
Elevation 1300-2400 m (4300-7900 ft) 1100-2300 m (3600-7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
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from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
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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. FNA vol. 7, p. 558.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Halimolobeae > Halimolobos Brassicaceae > tribe Halimolobeae > Halimolobos
Sibling taxa
H. diffusa, H. pubens
H. jaegeri, H. pubens
Synonyms Sisymbrium diffusum var. jaegeri, H. diffusa var. jaegeri Sisymbrium diffusum, Hesperis diffusa, Sophia diffusa
Name authority (Munz) Rollins: Harvard Pap. Bot. 1: 46. (1993) (A. Gray) O. E. Schulz: in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. 86[IV,105]: 228. (1924)
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