Noccaea fendleri subsp. siskiyouensis |
Noccaea fendleri subsp. glauca |
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Siskiyou penny-cress |
alpine penny-cress, pennycress, rock penny-cress, wild candytuft |
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Stems | (0.6–)0.7–1.6(–2.4) dm. |
(0.1–)0.5–3.2(–4.5) 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(–2) times longer than blade; blade ovate to oblong, 4–9(–15) mm wide, base cuneate. |
Cauline leaves | 2–6. |
(4–)7–16(–21). |
Racemes | lax to compact. |
often lax. |
Flowers | petals white, 3.8–6 × 1.2–2.2(–2.9) mm. |
petals white or, occasionally, pinkish purple, (3.4–)4–7(–8.5) × (1–)1.5–2.7(–4.2) mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | horizontal or slightly descending, forming an angle 80º or more with rachis. |
horizontal to strongly descending, forming an angle to 130º 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. |
winged or, occasionally, not winged, obovate to obcordate, (2.5–)5–8(–12) × (1.5–)2.6–4.5(–6.6) mm, 1–2 times as long as wide, apex obtuse, truncate, to emarginate; style (0.4–)1–2.2(–3) mm. |
Seeds | 2–4 per fruit. |
4–6 per fruit. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14, 28. |
Noccaea fendleri subsp. siskiyouensis |
Noccaea fendleri subsp. glauca |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering Apr–Aug. |
Habitat | Moist, open rocky serpentine slopes | Dry or moist, open alluvial flats or fans, rocky or talus slopes, scree, limestone cliffs, alpine or subalpine meadows, near snowbanks, streamsides, forest clearings |
Elevation | 300-500 m [1000-1600 ft] | 300-4400 m [1000-14400 ft] |
Distribution |
OR |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; TX; UT; WA; WY; Mexico (Chihuahua) |
Discussion | Subspecies siskiyouensis is known from Curry, Douglas, and Josephine counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies glauca, which is the most morphologically variable and most widespread North American taxon in Noccaea, corresponds to Thlaspi montanum var. montanum in the sense of P. K. Holmgren (1971) and R. C. Rollins (1993). As indicated above, that variety is a strictly European taxon. Subspecies glauca exhibits a wide elevational range, and one collection, Clements 427 (US), was made at 4350 m at the summit of Pike’s Peak, Colorado. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 603. | FNA vol. 7, p. 602. |
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Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Thlaspi montanum var. siskiyoense | Thlaspi alpestre var. glaucum, N. coloradensis, N. glauca, Thlaspi alpestre var. purpurascens, Thlaspi australe, Thlaspi coloradense, Thlaspi fendleri var. coloradense, Thlaspi fendleri var. glaucum, Thlaspi fendleri var. hesperium, Thlaspi fendleri var. tenuipes, Thlaspi glaucum, Thlaspi glaucum var. hesperium, Thlaspi glaucum var. pedunculatum, Thlaspi hesperium, Thlaspi purpurascens |
Name authority | (P. K. Holmgren) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch: Syst. Bot. 29: 383. (2004) | (A. Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch: Syst. Bot. 29: 382. (2004) |
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