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Parrya nauruaq

inuit wallflower
Habit Plants densely cespitose, caudex branched; leaves and scapes densely glandular.
Stems

0.4–0.8 dm.
Leaves

petiole 0.2–1 cm, 2–4 mm wide at base;

blade obovate to broadly spatulate, 0.6–1.5(–2) cm × 4–8(–10) mm, base cuneate, margins coarsely dentate to subentire, apex acute.
Racemes

6–16-flowered.
Flowers

sepals ovate, 2.5–3.5 × 1.2–1.7 mm, eglandular;

petals lavender to purple, 6–7 × 3–5 mm, claw 2–3.5 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 2.5–3 mm;

anthers 0.9–1 mm.
Fruiting pedicels

(proximal-most) 5–9(–12) mm.
Fruits

obovate to oblong, 0.8–1.4(–1.7) cm × 5–7 mm;

valves eglandular or sparsely glandular;

ovules 6–8 per ovary;

style 0.2–1 mm.
Seeds

4–6 × 3.5–5 mm;

wing 0.8–1.5 mm wide.

Parrya nauruaq
Phenology Flowering Jun.
Habitat Marbleized impure carbonate landscapes, shallow decomposed granite slopes, outcrops and hogback ridges
Elevation 0-100 m (0-300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Parrya nauruaq is known from the Moon Mountains, Seward Peninsula.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 512.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Chorisporeae > Parrya
Sibling taxa
P. arctica, P. nudicaulis, P. rydbergii
Name authority Al-Shehbaz: Novon 17: 277. (2007)
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