Boechera schistacea

(Rollins) Dorn

Brittonia 55: 3. 2003.

Basionym: Arabis schistacea Rollins Contr. Dudley Herb. 3: 370. 1946
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 404. Mentioned on page 355.

Perennials; long-lived; sexual; caudex woody. Stems usually 2–5 per caudex branch, arising from margin of rosette, elevated above ground surface on woody base, 0.8–2.5 (–4) dm, glabrous throughout. Basal leaves: blade linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 1.2–2.5 mm wide, margins entire, ciliate proximally, trichomes (simple), 0.3–0.7 mm, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 2-rayed or 3-rayed, 0.2–0.5 mm. Cauline leaves: 2–5 (–9), not concealing stem; blade auricles 0.2–0.5 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves glabrous. Racemes 5–12-flowered, usually unbranched. Fruiting pedicels reflexed, curved, 5–9 mm, glabrous. Flowers divaricate-ascending at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals white to lavender, 4–6 × 1–1.5 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid. Fruits pendent, not appressed to rachis, not secund, straight, edges parallel, 1.8–4.5 cm × 1.5–2 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 24–36 per ovary; style 0.2–0.5 mm. Seeds uniseriate, 0.9–1.2 × 0.7–0.9 mm; not winged. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Rocky slopes and gravelly soil in sagebrush, open conifer forests, and subalpine meadows
Elevation: 2400-3200 m

Discussion

Boechera schistacea is a sexual diploid that appears to intergrade with B. pendulina where their geographic ranges overlap in southwestern Utah.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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oblong +  and ovate +
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +  and Michael D. Windham +
(Rollins) Dorn +
not +  and rosulate +
Arabis schistacea +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
not +  and auriculate +
lyrate-pinnatifid +, dentate +  and entire +
dissected +, repand +, sinuate +, crenate +  and dentate +
linear;narrowly oblanceolate +
much smaller +  and reduced +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
petiolate +  and sessile +
well-developed +
indistinct +
not +  and differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
Nev. +  and Utah. +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
2400-3200 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
actinomorphic +
divaricate-ascending +
straight +
torulose +, falcate +, lanceolate +, oblong +  and linear +
Rocky slopes and gravelly soil in sagebrush, open conifer forests, and subalpine meadows +
annular +  and semiannular +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
cauline +  and basal +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
pinnatifid +
prominent +  and obscure +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
white +  and lavender +
rudimentary +
oblanceolate +  and spatulate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jul. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
ellipsoid +
unbranched;5-12-flowered +
slender +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
mucilaginous +
biseriate +, sub-biseriate +  and uniseriate +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
orbicular +, oblong +  and flattened +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
spreading +, ascending +  and erect +
oblong +  and ovate +
reduced +
latiseptate +, schizocarpic +, samaroid +  and lomentaceous +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
angustiseptate +, flat +, angled +, terete +, torulose +, not +, segmented +  and nutletlike +
tetradynamous +
branched +  and unbranched +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
2 +  and 5 +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +
distinct +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
Cruciferae +
Boechera schistacea +
Boechera +
species +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
anastomosing +
perennial +  and long-lived +
hispid +, hirsute +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
rhizomatous +, taprooted +, scapose +  and not +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
subshrub +  and herb +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +