Flora of North America species comparison

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Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

dagger-pod, wallflower phoenicaulis
Stems

simple or few from base (caudex), (0.8–)1.2–2.5(–3) dm, glabrous.
Basal leaves

petiole (1–)2–5.5(–8) cm, thickened, glabrous at base;

blade linear-oblanceolate to obovate, (2–)3–7(–10) cm × (5–)8–20(–26) mm, base attenuate, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces tomentose.
Cauline leaves

5–12, not overlapping;

blade ovate to oblong or linear lanceolate, 0.7–2 cm × 2–6 mm, surfaces usually densely to sparsely pubescent, rarely glabrate.
Racemes

glabrous.
Flowers

sepals 4–6 × 1.5–2.2 mm, glabrous;

petals 9–13(–15) × 2.5–4 mm, attenuate to base;

filaments 4–5 mm;

anthers 1–1.5 mm;

gynophore obsolete or, rarely, to 2 mm.
Fruiting pedicels

divaricate, (6–)10–30(–35) mm.
Fruits

divaricate, (2–)3–6(–9) cm × (2–)3–5(–6) mm;

style 0.5–2 mm.
Seeds

(2–)2.5–3.2 × (1.5–)1.8–2.5 mm.
2n

= 28.

Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
Phenology Flowering mid Apr-mid Jun.
Habitat Rocky scree, rocky basaltic slopes, volcanic rubble, barren clay slopes, rimrocks, scablands, ledges of metamorphic rock outcrops, rocky crevices and open knolls, sandy banks, gravelly meadows, grassy or gravelly hillsides, sagebrush scrub and slopes, alpine slopes, volcanic boulders
Elevation 700-2800 m (2300-9200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; NV; OR; UT; WA
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 415.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Boechereae > Phoenicaulis
Synonyms Arabis pedicellata, Parrya cheiranthoides, Parrya cheiranthoides var. lanuginosa, Parrya menziesii var. glabra, Parrya menziesii var. lanuginosa, Parrya pedicellata, P. cheiranthoides var. glabra, P. cheiranthoides subsp. lanuginosa, P. cheiranthoides var. lanuginosa, P. pedicellata
Name authority Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 89. (1838)
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