Transberingia bursifolia subsp. virgata

(Nuttall) Al-Shehbaz & O’Kane

Novon 13: 396. 2003.

Basionym: Sisymbrium virgatum Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 93. 1838
Synonyms: Arabidopsis stenocarpa (Rydberg) Rydberg Arabidopsis virgata (Nuttall) Rydberg Arabis brebneriana A. Nelson Beringia bursifolia subsp. virgata (Nuttall) R. A. Price, Al-Shehbaz & O’Kane Halimolobos virgata (Nuttall) O. E. Schulz Hesperis virgata (Nuttall) Kuntze Pilosella stenocarpa Rydberg Pilosella virgata (Nuttall) Rydberg Stenophragma virgatum (Nuttall) Greene Transberingia virgata (Nuttall) N. H. Holmgren
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 457. Mentioned on page 456.

Plants usually pubescent, rarely glabrescent, on stems distally and raceme rachis, trichomes branched, subappressed, these sometimes mixed with simple ones.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Alkaline flats, plains, meadows, brushy hillsides, alpine areas, foothills, mountain slopes, ridges, dry knolls, grassy areas
Elevation: 1000-3600 m

Distribution

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Alta., Sask., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Apart from its distribution in Wyoming, subsp. virgata appears to be limited to counties in California (Inyo, Mono), Colorado (Eagle, Gunnison, Park), Idaho (Butte, Clark), Montana (Beaverhead, Phillips), Nevada (Esmeralda, Nye), and Utah (Dagget, Wasatch).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
obtuse +  and subacute +
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +
(Nuttall) Al-Shehbaz & O’Kane +
sagittate +, cuneate +  and attenuate +
Sisymbrium virgatum +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4.2 cm42 mm <br />0.042 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not +  and auriculate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
lanceolate;linear-lanceolate or oblong +
much smaller +  and reduced +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
subsessile +, petiolate +  and sessile +
well-developed +
distinct +
differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
incumbent +  and accumbent +
Alta. +, Sask. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
1000-3600 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
2-valved +  and capsular +
3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
latiseptate +  and unsegmented +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
angustiseptate +  and terete +
subsessile +  and sessile +
Alkaline flats, plains, meadows, brushy hillsides, alpine areas, foothills, mountain slopes, ridges, dry knolls, grassy areas +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
cauline +  and basal +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
dentate +  and entire +
forked +
smaller +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
rudimentary +
oblanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
flattened +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jul. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
subdivaricate +
slender +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
mucilaginous +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
reduced +
latiseptate +, schizocarpic +, samaroid +  and lomentaceous +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
angustiseptate +, flat +, angled +, terete +, torulose +, not +, segmented +  and nutletlike +
tetradynamous +
few to several +  and simple +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
ascending +  and erect +
2-lobed +, entire +, conical +  and capitate +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
slender +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
Arabidopsis stenocarpa +, Arabidopsis virgata +, Arabis brebneriana +, Beringia bursifolia subsp. virgata +, Halimolobos virgata +, Hesperis virgata +, Pilosella stenocarpa +, Pilosella virgata +, Stenophragma virgatum +  and Transberingia virgata +
Transberingia bursifolia subsp. virgata +
Transberingia bursifolia +
subspecies +
pubescent +  and glabrescent +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
anastomosing +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
rhizomatous +, taprooted +, scapose +  and not +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrescent +  and pubescent +