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Durango tumblemustard

Westwater tumble-mustard

Habit Annuals or perennials; (short-lived); (glaucous), glabrous or sparsely pubescent basally. Annuals or biennials; pilose throughout or at least basally.
Stems

branched basally and distally, (1.4–)2–5(–6) dm, (glabrous or sparsely pubescent basally).

branched basally and distally, 1.5–8.5(–12) dm, (sparsely to densely pilose basally or throughout, trichomes crisped).

Basal leaves

rosulate;

petiole 0.5–4 cm;

blade oblanceolate, 2–7 cm × 5–22 mm, margins irregularly dentate.

(soon withered); rosulate;

petiole 0.5–2.5(–5) cm;

blade oblanceolate, 1–5.8 cm × 5–22 mm, margins entire or dentate, (surfaces glabrous or pilose abaxially).

Cauline leaves

sessile;

blade lanceolate to oblong, (smaller distally), base auriculate, margins entire, (surfaces glabrous).

sessile;

blade ovate to oblong, base auriculate, margins usually entire, rarely dentate, (surfaces glabrous or pilose abaxially).

Racemes

dense.

dense.

Flowers

sepals spreading to reflexed, yellow, 5–7.5(–8.5) × 1.7–2.5 mm;

petals yellow, spatulate to broadly oblong, 7–11(–13) × 2–3.5 mm, claw 5–7 mm (to 2 mm wide);

median filament pairs 5–6.5 mm;

anthers linear, 3–4 mm;

gynophore (slender), 2–6(–8) mm.

sepals usually erect to ascending, rarely spreading, purplish to lavender or whitish, 4–7 × 1.2–2 mm;

petals pale purple to white, spatulate, 7.5–14 × 3–5 mm, (margins not crisped), claw 4–8 mm;

median filament pairs 4–8 mm;

anthers linear, 2.5–4 mm;

gynophore (stout), 0.3–1.5 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate-ascending, straight, (5–)6.6–13(–15) mm.

divaricate, straight or slightly upcurved, (3.5–)5–16 mm, (glabrous or sparsely pilose).

Fruits

erect to divaricate-ascending, straight or slightly curved, torulose, 5–7.5(–9) cm × 1.2–1.7 mm;

ovules 72–98 per ovary;

style subclavate, 0.5–2 mm;

stigma 2-lobed.

divaricate-ascending to spreading, straight or curved, torulose, 4–8(–9) cm × 1.2–1.5 mm; (valves glabrous or pilose);

ovules 46–94 per ovary;

style often clavate, 1–3 mm;

stigma strongly 2-lobed.

Seeds

1.2–1.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm.

1.2–1.5 × 0.8–1 mm.

2n

= 22.

Thelypodiopsis aurea

Thelypodiopsis elegans

Phenology Flowering Apr–May. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Shrub communities on clay or, rarely, sandy soil Shale grounds, loose gypsum, barren areas, clay banks of rocky hillsides, shrub communities
Elevation 1200-2200 m (3900-7200 ft) 1400-2400 m (4600-7900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; NM; UT
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AZ; CO; UT; WY
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Discussion

Thelypodiopsis aurea is restricted to the Four Corners area and is known only from Montezuma County in Colorado, Sandoval and San Juan counties in New Mexico, and San Juan County in Utah.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 725. FNA vol. 7, p. 726.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodiopsis Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodiopsis
Sibling taxa
T. ambigua, T. divaricata, T. elegans, T. juniperorum, T. purpusii, T. shinnersii, T. vaseyi, T. vermicularis
T. ambigua, T. aurea, T. divaricata, T. juniperorum, T. purpusii, T. shinnersii, T. vaseyi, T. vermicularis
Synonyms Thelypodium aureum, Sisymbrium aureum Thelypodium elegans, Sisymbrium elegans, Streptanthus wyomingensis, T. bakeri, T. wyomingensis, Thelypodium bakeri
Name authority (Eastwood) Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 432. (1907) (M. E. Jones) Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 432. (1907)
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