Aphragmus
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 209. 1824.
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Matthiola longipetala Aphragmus eschscholtzianus Arabis pycnocarpa Arabis pycnocarpa var. pycnocarpa | Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |
Plants not scapose; (sometimes rhizomatous, caudex thick, covered with persistent petiolar remains); glabrous or pubescent, trichomes simple or forked, (less than 0.1 mm). Stems erect or ascending, branched basally. Leaves basal and cauline; petiolate or sessile; basal rosulate, petiolate, blade margins entire; cauline petiolate or sessile, blade margins entire. Racemes (few to several-flowered), bracteate throughout or basally. Fruiting pedicels [erect] ascending, divaricate, sometimes recurved, slender. Flowers: sepals (sometimes persistent), oblong; petals broadly obovate or spatulate, claw subequaling sepal, (apex rounded [obtuse]); stamens slightly tetradynamous; filaments dilated or not basally; anthers obtuse; nectar glands confluent, subtending bases of stamens. Fruits silicles or siliques, sessile or subsessile, oblong, elliptic, or lanceolate [ovate, linear]; valves each with obscure or distinct midvein, (smooth), glabrous; replum flattened basally; septum absent [complete and membranous]; style obsolete or distinct (to 2 mm); stigma capitate. Seeds plump, not winged, oblong or ovoid (on filiform funicles often longer than seeds); seed-coat (minutely reticulate), not mucilaginous when wetted; cotyledons incumbent. x = 7.
Distribution
nw North America, Asia (Himalaya), Asia (Russian Far East)
Discussion
Species 11 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
Lower Taxa
"elongated" is not a number."thick" is not a number.