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Siskiyou penny-cress

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Kneeland prairie pennycress

Stems

(0.6–)0.7–1.6(–2.4) dm.

(0.5–)1–1.2(–0.2) dm.

Basal leaves

petiole differentiated from blade, (1.7–)2–3.6(–4) times longer than blade;

blade ovate to oblong, 4–8(–9) mm wide, base cuneate.

petiole differentiated from blade, 0.8–1.8 times longer than blade;

blade spatulate to obovate, 5–7(–8) mm wide, base cuneate.

Cauline leaves

2–6.

2–5.

Racemes

lax to compact.

lax.

Flowers

petals white, 3.8–6 × 1.2–2.2(–2.9) mm.

petals white, 6–8 × 1.6–2.5 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

horizontal or slightly descending, forming an angle 80º or more with rachis.

strongly ascending to divaricate-ascending, forming an angle 15–70º with rachis.

Fruits

often strongly winged, obovate to obdeltate, (4–)4.8–7(–8) × (3–)3.5–5.5(–6) mm, 1–2 times as long as wide, apex truncate to strongly emarginate;

style (0.8–)1–2 mm.

not winged, elliptic, 0.7–10.5 × 2.7–4 mm, 2.2–3.2 times as long as wide, apex acute;

style (1.3–)1.5–2(2.4–) mm.

Seeds

2–4 per fruit.

2–6 per fruit.

2n

= 14.

Noccaea fendleri subsp. siskiyouensis

Noccaea fendleri subsp. californica

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun. Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Moist, open rocky serpentine slopes Serpentine rock outcrops
Elevation 300-500 m [1000-1600 ft] ca. 800 m [ca. 2600 ft]
Distribution
from FNA
OR
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies siskiyouensis is known from Curry, Douglas, and Josephine counties.

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

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies californica is known from one population at Kneeland Prairie in Humboldt County. It was recognized by Holmgren as a variety of Thlaspi montanum, whereas R. C. Rollins (1993) treated it as T. californicum. In my opinion, the differences in fruit apex and size between this taxon and Noccaea fendleri are rather small and do not seem to justify its recognition as an independent species.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 603. FNA vol. 7, p. 602.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Noccaeeae > Noccaea > Noccaea fendleri Brassicaceae > tribe Noccaeeae > Noccaea > Noccaea fendleri
Sibling taxa
N. fendleri subsp. californica, N. fendleri subsp. fendleri, N. fendleri subsp. glauca, N. fendleri subsp. idahoensis
N. fendleri subsp. fendleri, N. fendleri subsp. glauca, N. fendleri subsp. idahoensis, N. fendleri subsp. siskiyouensis
Synonyms Thlaspi montanum var. siskiyoense Thlaspi californicum, Thlaspi alpestre var. californicum, Thlaspi glaucum subsp. californicum, Thlaspi montanum var. californicum
Name authority (P. K. Holmgren) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch: Syst. Bot. 29: 383. (2004) (S. Watson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch: Syst. Bot. 29: 382. (2004)
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