Braya glabella subsp. purpurascens
Canad. Field-Naturalist 108: 93. 1964.
Basionym: Platypetalum purpurascens R. Brown Chlor. Melvill., 9, 50. 1823
Synonyms: Braya arctica Hooker Braya purpurascens (R. Brown) Bunge ex Ledebour Braya purpurascens var. dubia (R. Brown) O. E. Schulz Platypetalum dubium
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 548.
Stems ascending to erect, 0.3–1 (–1.3) dm. Leaves: blade often fleshy, to 4 mm wide, margins usually entire, rarely 1 or 2 weak teeth per side. Racemes not elongated in fruit (often compact). Fruits oval-elliptic to oblongelliptic, usually straight, 0.5–1 cm × 1.5–3 mm, 2.5–3.7 times as long as wide; style slender or stout, (0.3–) 0.5–1.2 mm. 2n = 56.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Barren, usually calcareous soils and gravel on solifluction lobes, scree, gravel bars, disturbed sites, rocky slopes, seashores
Elevation: 0-1800 m
Distribution
B.C., N.W.T., Nunavut, Alaska, n Eurasia
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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hypogynous +
dithecal +
dehiscing +
oblong +
obtuse +
petiolate +
rosulate +
opposite +
absent +
not auriculate +
fleshy +
absent +
woody +
sessile +
divaricate +
absent +
well-developed +
absent +
obscure +
incumbent +
3[2]-fid +
absent +
absent +
median +
actinomorphic +
saccate +
lateral +
bisexual +
oblong +
straight +
dehiscent +
2.5-3.7 +
distinct +
absent +
Barren, usually calcareous soils and gravel on solifluction lobes, scree, gravel bars, disturbed sites, rocky slopes, seashores +
racemose +
pungent +
watery +
absent +
connivent +
spreading +
decurrent +
lobed +
absent +
1-seeded +
prominent +
lateral +
variable +
simple +
eseptate +
parietal +
apical +
16;20 +
decussate +
absent +
hypogynous +
alternate +
2.4mm;4.5mm +
absent +
rudimentary +
2-carpellate +
3-colpate +
Canad. Field-Naturalist +
1964 +
ebracteate +
divaricate +
slender +
coiled +
accumbent +
conduplicate +
incumbent +
tiny +
indistinct +
rounded +
slender +
mucilaginous +
not winged +
biseriate +
oblong +
saccate +
distinct +
? (?) +
erect +
lateral +
complete +
absent +
reduced +
dehiscent +
dehiscent +
longitudinal +
Illustrated +
tetradynamous +
equal +
capitate +
absent +
persistent +
distinct +
absent +
obsolete +
Braya glabella subsp. purpurascens +
Braya glabella +
subspecies +
simple +
mixed +
stellate +
absent +
dehiscing +
anastomosing +
perennial +
scapose +
submerged +
pubescent +