Noccaea fendleri subsp. siskiyouensis |
Noccaea fendleri subsp. idahoensis |
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Siskiyou penny-cress |
Idaho pennycress |
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| Stems | (0.6–)0.7–1.6(–2.4) dm. |
(0.3–)0.4–1.1(–1.2) 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 not differentiated from blade, about as long as blade; blade linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 1.1–4(–5) mm wide, base attenuate. |
| Cauline leaves | 2–6. |
(2 or)3–7(–9). |
| Racemes | lax to compact. |
lax or slightly compact. |
| Flowers | petals white, 3.8–6 × 1.2–2.2(–2.9) mm. |
petals white, (3.4–)3.6–6 × 1–2 mm. |
| Fruiting pedicels | horizontal or slightly descending, forming an angle 80º or more with rachis. |
horizontal or subhorizontal, forming an angle more than 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. |
only slightly winged, obovate or, rarely, elliptic, (4–)5–8(–9.5) × (2.5–)2.7–4(–4.5) mm, 1–2 times as long as wide, apex obtuse, truncate, or emarginate; style (0.5–)0.8–2(–2.5) mm. |
| Seeds | 2–4 per fruit. |
2–8 per fruit. |
| 2n | = 14. |
= 14, 28. |
Noccaea fendleri subsp. siskiyouensis |
Noccaea fendleri subsp. idahoensis |
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| Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
| Habitat | Moist, open rocky serpentine slopes | Alpine or subalpine slopes, meadows, rocky crevices, rocky and gravelly soil in valleys, steep slopes, knolls |
| Elevation | 300-500 m [1000-1600 ft] | 2100-3700 m [6900-12100 ft] |
| Distribution |
OR |
ID |
| Discussion | Subspecies siskiyouensis is known from Curry, Douglas, and Josephine counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies idahoensis is restricted to Blaine, Boise, Custer, Elmore, and Valley counties of central Idaho. Holmgren treated it as a variety of Thlaspi montanum, whereas R. C. Rollins (1993) recognized it as a species, T. idahoense, with two varieties. In my opinion, his varieties are based on continuous characters such as the loosely versus closely branched caudex, oblanceolate versus linear-oblanceolate basal leaves, and cuneate versus minutely auriculate distalmost cauline leaves. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Synonyms | Thlaspi montanum var. siskiyoense | Thlaspi idahoense, Thlaspi aileeniae, Thlaspi fendleri var. idahoense, Thlaspi idahoense var. aileeniae, Thlaspi montanum var. idahoense |
| Name authority | (P. K. Holmgren) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch: Syst. Bot. 29: 383. (2004) | (Payson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch: Syst. Bot. 29: 383. (2004) |
| Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 603. | FNA vol. 7, p. 603. |
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