Thelypodiopsis aurea |
Thelypodiopsis elegans |
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Durango tumblemustard |
Westwater tumble-mustard |
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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. |
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Thelypodiopsis aurea |
Thelypodiopsis elegans |
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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 |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 725. | FNA vol. 7, p. 726. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodiopsis | Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodiopsis |
Sibling taxa | ||
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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