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catleaf, droopflower thelypody, loose-flower thelypody

Habit Biennials; somewhat glaucous, glabrous throughout or pubescent basally.
Stems

branched distally, (1.5–)3–14(–23.5) dm, (glabrous throughout or sparsely to densely hirsute proximally).

Basal leaves

(and proximal cauline): petiole (1–)1.7–8(–11) cm, pubescent or glabrous;

blade oblanceolate in outline (lateral lobes usually oblong to linear, rarely deltate), (4–)7.2–20.5(–30) cm × (6–)10–40(–100) mm, margins pinnately lobed or lyrate (lobes entire or dentate).

Cauline leaves

petiolate;

blade usually lanceolate to linear, sometimes oblanceolate to oblong, 1.5–7(–10) cm × 3–12(–20) mm, margins usually entire or repand, rarely lobed.

Racemes

corymbose, somewhat lax, considerably elongated in fruit.

Flowers

sepals (equal), ascending, oblong, (2.5–)3–5(–5.5) × 1–1.7(–3) mm, (lateral pair not saccate);

petals usually white, rarely lavender, usually spatulate, rarely obovate, 5–7.5(–9.5) × 1.5–2.5(–3.5) mm, margins not crisped, claw obscurely differentiated from blade (widest at base);

nectar glands continuous, flat, subtending bases of stamens;

filaments tetradynamous, median pairs 3–4.5(–5.5) mm, lateral pair 2.5–3.5(–4.5) mm;

anthers included, oblong, (1–)1.5–2.2(–2.5) mm, not circinately coiled;

gynophore 0.5–0.8(–1.5) mm.

Fruiting pedicels

often divaricate, sometimes reflexed, rarely horizontal or divaricate-ascending, straight, slender, (4–)5–13(–19) mm, somewhat flattened at base.

Fruits

divaricate to reflexed, submoniliform to strongly torulose, straight or curved, terete, (2–)3–6.6(–7.4) cm × 0.7–1(–1.5) mm, (replum constricted between seeds);

ovules 26–62 per ovary;

style usually clavate to subclavate, rarely cylindrical, (0.5–)0.8–2(–5) mm.

Seeds

(oblong), (1–)1.3–1.8(–2) × 0.5–1 mm.

Thelypodium laxiflorum

Phenology Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Talus, rocky slopes, cliffs, pinyon-juniper-brush communities
Elevation 1500-3100 m (4900-10200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; NV; UT
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 735.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodium
Sibling taxa
T. brachycarpum, T. crispum, T. eucosmum, T. flexuosum, T. howellii, T. integrifolium, T. laciniatum, T. milleflorum, T. paniculatum, T. repandum, T. rollinsii, T. sagittatum, T. stenopetalum, T. texanum, T. wrightii
Synonyms Stanleyella wrightii var. tenella, T. wrightii var. tenellum
Name authority Al-Shehbaz: Contr. Gray Herb. 204: 129, plate 22A. (1973)
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