Idahoa scapigera |
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flat-pod, old-stem idahoa, scale-pod |
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Basal leaves | petiole (0.2–)0.5 2(–3) cm; blade ovate, obovate, or spatulate, (0.3–)0.7–2(–2.5) cm × 2–8(–12) mm. |
Flowers | sepals purplish, 1.5–1.8 × 0.5–0.8 mm, margins not hyaline; petals 2–2.5 × 0.5–0.8 mm, attenuate to base; filaments 1.4–1.6 mm; anthers 0.15–0.2 mm, gynophore obsolete or, rarely, to 1 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | (2–)4–15(–22), straight, (15–)25–110(–130) mm. |
Fruits | (0.5–)0.6–0.9(–1) cm (slightly longer than wide); valves rounded at each end; style subconical, 0.3–0.8 mm. |
Seeds | strongly compressed, 3.5–5 mm diam., coarsely reticulate (except for wing); wing 0.8–1.2 mm wide. |
2n | = 16. |
Idahoa scapigera |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Sagebrush slopes and scabland, dry ground, rocky volcanic flats and outcrops, open moist slopes and banks, gravelly hills, meadows, rocky hillsides, seepy sunny slopes |
Elevation | 300-1700 m (1000-5600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; BC
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 567. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > Idahoa |
Synonyms | Platyspermum scapigerum |
Name authority | (Hooker) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 56: 474. (1913) |
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