Braya glabella subsp. glabella

Synonyms: Braya alpina var. americana Hooker Braya americana (Hooker) Fernald Braya bartlettiana Jordal Braya bartlettiana var. vestita Hultén Braya henryae (C. A. Meyer) B. L. Robinson Braya humilis var. americana (Hooker) B. Boivin
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 548.

Stems ascending to erect, 0.5–1.7 (–2.3) dm. Leaves: blade often somewhat fleshy, to 4 mm wide, margins often entire, sometimes 1 or 2 weak teeth per side. Racemes often loosely elongated in fruit. Fruits oblong to narrowly oblong-lanceoloid, often curved, (0.3–) 0.5–1.2 (–1.5) cm × (0.8–) 1.1–3 (–3.6) mm, 3.5–8.3 times as long as wide; style slender or stout, (0.3–) 0.5–1.6 (–2) mm. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Barren, usually calcareous soils and gravel, gravel bars, disturbed sites, lake and sea shores, scree slopes, solifluction lobes
Elevation: 0-3700 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., N.W.T., Nunavut, Que., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Mont., Wyo., Asia

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
James G. Harris +
Richardson in J. Franklin et al. +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (7.9 cm79 mm <br />0.079 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
linear-oblanceolate +  and broadly spatulate +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
expanded +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
not auriculate +
lobed +, dentate +  and sinuate +
much smaller +  and reduced +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (0.86 cm8.6 mm <br />0.0086 m <br />) +
0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
well-developed +
not +  and distinct +
not +  and differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
incumbent +  and accumbent +
Alta. +, B.C. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Mont. +, Wyo. +  and Asia +
0-3700 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
not basally +  and dilated +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
latiseptate +  and sessile +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.36 cm3.6 mm <br />0.0036 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
oblong +  and narrowly oblong-lanceoloid +
0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Barren, usually calcareous soils and gravel, gravel bars, disturbed sites, lake and sea shores, scree slopes, solifluction lobes +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
cauline +  and basal +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.47 cm4.7 mm <br />0.0047 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br />) +
purplish +  and white +
2.4mm;4.5mm +
rudimentary +
spatulate +, oblanceolate +  and obovate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Jul. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
in J. Franklin et al., Narr. Journey Polar Sea, +
ascending +  and erect +
slender +
mucilaginous +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
not basally +  and not expanded +
reduced +
latiseptate +  and sessile +
terete +, torulose +, globose +, lanceoloid-subulate +, lanceoloid +, ovoid +, oval-elliptic +, cylindrical +, oblong +  and linear +
latiseptate +  and sessile +
terete +, torulose +, globose +, lanceoloid-subulate +, lanceoloid +, ovoid +, oval-elliptic +, cylindrical +, oblong +  and linear +
Illustrated +
tetradynamous +
few to several +  and simple +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
rarely decumbent +  and prostrate +
ascending +  and erect +
2-lobed +  and entire +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
stout +  and slender +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
Braya alpina var. americana +, Braya americana +, Braya bartlettiana +, Braya bartlettiana var. vestita +, Braya henryae +  and Braya humilis var. americana +
Braya glabella subsp. glabella +
Braya glabella +
subspecies +
2-forked +  and 3-forked +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
anastomosing +
not +  and scapose +
glabrous +, pilose +  and pubescent +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +