Anelsonia eurycarpa

(A. Gray) J. F. Macbride & Payson

Bot. Gaz. 64: 81. 1917.

IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Draba eurycarpa A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 520. 1865
Synonyms: Parrya eurycarpa (A. Gray) Jepson Parrya huddelliana A. Nelson Phoenicaulis eurycarpa (A. Gray) Abrams
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 348.

Plants with caudex multistemmed, ultimate slender stems covered by persistent petiolar remains, terminating in rosettes; sparsely to densely pubescent. Stems 1–4 cm (leafless). Basal leaves tufted; petiole persistent becoming stramineous, 0.5–1 cm; blades narrowly oblanceolate to broadly linear, 0.5–1.8 cm × 1–2 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex obtuse. Fruiting pedicels 4–15 mm, pilose. Flowers: sepals purple, 4–5 × 1.5–2 mm; petals 4.5–6 × 1.7–2.3 mm; filaments 3.5–4.5 mm; anthers 0.5–0.7 mm; gynophore obsolete or to 1 mm. Fruits 1.5–3 cm × 5–9 mm; valves purplish, often glaucous, base obtuse, apex acute to acuminate; style 1–2 mm. Seeds brown, 2–3 × 1.2–1.5 mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Rock slides of metamorphics, whitish ash, subalpine and alpine ridges, rock and talus slides, disintegrated volcanic rock
Elevation: 1600-4000 m

Discussion

Anelsonia eurycarpa has been collected from multiple counties in California; in Nevada it is known only from Washoe County and in Idaho only from Blaine and Custer counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Anelsonia eurycarpa"
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
acute +  and acuminate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +
(A. Gray) J. F. Macbride & Payson +
obtuse +  and attenuate +
Draba eurycarpa +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
not +  and auriculate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
dissected +, repand +, sinuate +, crenate +  and dentate +
narrowly oblanceolate;broadly linear +
much smaller +  and reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
well-developed +
indistinct +
not +  and differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
Calif. +, Idaho +  and Nev. +
1600-4000 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
latiseptate +, short-stipitate +  and sessile +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
not torulose +, broadly oblong +  and narrowly ovate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0-1 mm +  and obsolete +
Rock slides of metamorphics, whitish ash, subalpine and alpine ridges, rock and talus slides, disintegrated volcanic rock +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
pinnatifid +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
white +  and purplish +
4.5mm;6mm +
rudimentary +
oblanceolate +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Jul. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
ascending +  and suberect +
slender +
mucilaginous +
not +  and mucilaginous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
oblong +  and ovoid +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
spreading +, ascending +  and erect +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
reduced +
latiseptate +, schizocarpic +, samaroid +  and lomentaceous +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
angustiseptate +, flat +, angled +, terete +, torulose +, not +, segmented +  and nutletlike +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
tetradynamous +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +
distinct +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Parrya eurycarpa +, Parrya huddelliana +  and Phoenicaulis eurycarpa +
Anelsonia eurycarpa +
Anelsonia +
species +
dendritic +  and short-stalked +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
anastomosing +
rhizomatous +, taprooted +, scapose +  and not +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +