Boechera sparsiflora

(Nuttall) Dorn

Vasc. Pl. Wyoming ed. 3, 376. 2001.

Basionym: Arabis sparsiflora Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 81. 1838
Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea A. Nelson Arabis campyloloba Greene Arabis peramoena Greene Arabis polytricha Greene Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena (Greene) Rollins
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 407. Mentioned on page 350, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 372, 374, 393, 397.

Biennials or perennials; short-lived; sexual; caudex present or absent. Stems usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, 3–8 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes simple mixed with fewer short-stalked, 2-rayed ones, 0.4–1.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent distally. Basal leaves: blade oblanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, 3–12 mm wide, margins usually entire, rarely dentate, ciliate proximally, trichomes (usually simple), to 1 mm, surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 2–5-rayed, 0.3–0.8 mm. Cauline leaves: (9–) 15–35, often concealing stem proximally; blade auricles 3–10 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves glabrous, sometimes margins ciliate. Racemes 12–50-flowered, usually unbranched. Fruiting pedicels usually ascending, rarely almost horizontal, straight or slightly recurved, 3–10 (–18) mm, usually pubescent, rarely glabrous, trichomes spreading, usually simple. Flowers ascending at anthesis; sepals sparsely pubescent; petals usually lavender to purple, rarely white, 7–13 × 2–5 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid. Fruits usually ascending, rarely almost horizontal, not appressed to rachis, not secund, usually curved, edges parallel, 5–13 cm × 1.7–2 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 90–170 per ovary; style 0.05–0.3 mm. Seeds uniseriate, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm; wing continuous, 0.1–0.2 mm wide. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, clay hills, sandy soil in sagebrush and mountain shrub communities, meadows, and open conifer forests
Elevation: 400-2800 m

Distribution

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B.C., Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash.

Discussion

As circumscribed by R. C. Rollins (1993), Boechera sparsiflora included six varieties encompassing three sexual diploids and a number of apomictic hybrids. The most distinctive of those elements are recognized here as the separate species B. arcuata, B. atrorubens, B. californica, and B. pauciflora. The narrow circumscription of B. sparsiflora adopted here includes only sexual diploids. It is distinguished from other taxa previously assigned to it by having proximal stems densely pubescent with predominantly simple (some 2-rayed) trichomes to 1.5 mm, usually glabrous distal stems, and ascending fruiting pedicels with spreading, usually simple trichomes (rarely glabrous).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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oblong +  and ovate +
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +  and Michael D. Windham +
(Nuttall) Dorn +
not +  and rosulate +
Arabis sparsiflora +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not +  and auriculate +
lyrate-pinnatifid +, dentate +  and entire +
dissected +, repand +, sinuate +, crenate +  and dentate +
linear-oblanceolate;oblanceolate +
much smaller +  and reduced +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
petiolate +  and sessile +
well-developed +
indistinct +
not +  and differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
B.C. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Utah +  and Wash. +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
400-2800 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
actinomorphic +
horizontal +  and ascending +
torulose +, falcate +, lanceolate +, oblong +  and linear +
Rocky slopes, clay hills, sandy soil in sagebrush and mountain shrub communities, meadows, and open conifer forests +
annular +  and semiannular +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
cauline +  and basal +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
dentate +  and entire +
pinnatifid +
prominent +  and obscure +
short-stalked +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
white +, usually lavender +  and purple +
7mm;13mm +
rudimentary +
oblanceolate +  and spatulate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
ellipsoid +
Vasc. Pl. Wyoming ed. +
unbranched;12-50-flowered +
reflexed +, ascending +  and erect +
slender +
mucilaginous +
margined +, not winged +  and winged +
biseriate +, sub-biseriate +  and uniseriate +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
orbicular +, oblong +  and flattened +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 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 +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +
distinct +
0.005 cm0.05 mm <br />5.0e-5 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
Arabis arcoidea +, Arabis campyloloba +, Arabis peramoena +, Arabis polytricha +  and Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena +
Boechera sparsiflora +
Boechera +
species +
simple +  and short-stalked +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
anastomosing +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
perennial +, short-lived +  and biennial +
recurved +, horizontal +  and ascending +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
rhizomatous +, taprooted +, scapose +  and not +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
subshrub +  and herb +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
0.1mm;0.2mm +