Parrya nudicaulis
Parrya nauruaq
nakedstem wallflower
inuit wallflower
(0.4–)0.7–2.7(–3.5) dm.
0.4–0.8 dm.
petiole (0.7–)1.5–7(–10) cm, to 5 mm wide at base (glandular or not);
blade narrowly spatulate or oblanceolate to lanceolate or oblong, (1–)1.7–7 cm × (6–)10–23(–28) mm, base cuneate or attenuate, margins entire or minutely to coarsely dentate, or sometimes incised, apex acute.
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.
3–20-flowered.
6–16-flowered.
sepals oblong, 5–8 × 1.5–3 mm (glandular or not);
petals lavender to white, purple, (14–)16–20(–22) × 7–10(–12) mm, claw 6–10 mm, apex emarginate;
median filaments 6–10 mm;
anthers 1.5–2.5 mm.
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.
(proximalmost) (10–)15–40(–60) mm (glandular or not).
(proximal-most) 5–9(–12) mm.
narrowly oblong to linear-lanceolate, (2–)3–4(–4.7) cm × (3.5–)5–7 mm;
valves glandular or eglandular;
ovules 12–16 per ovary;
style (0.5–)1–2.5(–3.5) mm.
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.
3.5–6 × 3–5 mm;
wing 0.7–1.5 mm wide.
4–6 × 3.5–5 mm;
wing 0.8–1.5 mm wide.
= 14, 28.
Parrya nudicaulis
Parrya nauruaq
Parrya nudicaulis is the most variable species in the genus, especially in leaf shape, size, and margin, as well as in the presence versus absence of the extrafloral glands. Much of the confusion about its limits resulted from different emphases on various characters. For example, E. Hultén (1971), who recognized six subspecies, expanded the range of P. nudicaulis to extend from the Canadian arctic and Alaska into the Russian Far East, Siberia, Central Asia, China, and the Himalayas. Three of his four North American subspecies, sometimes growing together, are rather poorly defined morphologically and appear to have been based primarily on the degree of development of leaf teeth. By contrast, R. C. Rollins (1993) recognized a single polymorphic species that included the Utah-Wyoming endemic P. rydbergii. Within a given population of P. nudicaulis, one finds both glandular and eglandular plants with leaf margins entire or variously dentate. In my opinion, these variables alone are unreliable, and flower size, in combination with other characters, can give a better indication of taxon identity.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Parrya nauruaq is known from the Moon Mountains, Seward Peninsula.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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