Thelypodium howellii |
Thelypodium howellii subsp. spectabilis |
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Howell's thelypody |
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Habit | Biennials or, rarely, perennials; (short-lived); glaucous, glabrous (except petioles). | |||||
Stems | branched distally, 1–8(–9.3) dm. |
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Basal leaves | petiole 0.5–2 cm, ciliate; blade often oblanceolate to spatulate, sometimes oblong or lanceolate, 2–10(–13.5) cm × 10–23(–40) mm, margins often lyrate to dentate, sometimes entire or repand. |
blade oblong-lanceolate to oblong, margins entire or repand. |
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Cauline leaves | (ascending); sessile; blade often lanceolate to linear, sometimes oblong, (0.8–)1–9.7(–14.5) cm × 2–10(–30) mm, (base usually amplexicaul to strongly sagittate, rarely auriculate), margins entire. |
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Racemes | lax, elongated in fruit, (flower buds ovate to lanceolate). |
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Flowers | sepals erect, linear or lanceolate, (3.5–)5–8.5(–11.5) × (0.7–)1–2(–2.5) mm; petals lavender to purple, linear or oblanceolate to spatulate, (6–)9–16.5(–22) × 0.5–2.7(–3) mm, margins partially crisped, claw differentiated from blade, [slender, (2.5–)4–7(–11) mm, narrowest at base]; nectar glands confluent, subtending bases of stamens; filaments slightly tetradynamous, median pairs (3–)5.5–9(–12) mm, lateral pair (2.5–)4.5–8(–10) mm; anthers slightly exserted to included, linear, (1.5–)2–4(–5.5) mm, not circinately coiled; gynophore (stout), 0.5–1(–3.5) mm. |
petals usually spatulate, rarely oblanceolate, (1.2–)1.5–2.7(–3) mm wide; median filaments distinct. |
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Fruiting pedicels | usually ascending, rarely divaricate-ascending, usually straight, rarely slightly incurved, stout, (2.5–)3.5–8(–14.5) mm, not flattened at base. |
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Fruits | often ascending, sometimes erect or divaricate, slightly torulose, straight or slightly incurved (forming straight line with pedicel), terete, 1.5–6.5(–8.2) cm × 1–1.3(–2) mm; ovules 22–40 per ovary; style cylindrical or subclavate, (0.5–)1–2.7(–4.3) mm. |
(1.8–)3–6.5(–8.2) cm. |
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Seeds | (1–)1.2–1.7(–2) × 0.5–0.7 mm. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Thelypodium howellii |
Thelypodium howellii subsp. spectabilis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Desert shrub communities, alkaline ground | |||||
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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OR |
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). Streptanthus howellii (S. Watson) M. E. Jones is a later homonym of S. howellii S. Watson 1885. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Subspecies spectabilis is known only from Baker, Harney, Malheur, and Union counties. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 732. | FNA vol. 7, p. 732. | ||||
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodium | Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodium > Thelypodium howellii | ||||
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Synonyms | Cartiera howellii, Thelypodiopsis howellii | T. howellii var. spectabilis | ||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 445. (1886) | (M. Peck) Al-Shehbaz: Contr. Gray Herb. 204: 116. (1973) | ||||
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