Draba incana

Biennials; not scapose. Stems usually branched, rarely unbranched, (0.3–) 0.6–3 (–4) dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes simple, 0.4–1.3 mm, with fewer 2–4-rayed ones, to 0.3 mm, (distally with mostly branched trichomes, with fewer, simple ones). Basal leaves rosulate; petiolate; petiole base and margin ciliate, (trichomes simple, 0.2–0.7 mm); blade lanceolate or oblanceolate to spatulate, 0.5–2.9 cm × 1–5 (–9) mm, margins dentate, surfaces pubescent, abaxially with stalked, cruciform, or 2-rayed or 3-rayed trichomes, 0.1–0.4 mm, (rarely with a branched ray), adaxially with simple trichomes, 0.1–0.7 mm, and stalked, 2–4-rayed ones. Cauline leaves (15–) 22–54 (–76), (densely imbricate at least basally); sessile; blade ovate to oblong or lanceolate (base often densely bearded abaxially, trichomes simple, to 1.3 mm), margins dentate, surfaces pubescent as basal. Racemes (11–) 17–36 (–48) -flowered, bracteate basally, elongated or not in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stems distally. Fruiting pedicels erect to ascending, (subappressed to rachis), straight, (1.5–) 2.5–6 (–13) mm, pubescent, trichomes 2–4-rayed and simple. Flowers: sepals ovate, 2–2.5 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2–4-rayed); petals white, spatulate, 3.5–4.5 × 1–2 mm; anthers ovate, 0.3–0.4 mm. Fruits oblong to linear-lanceolate or elliptic, slightly twisted or plane, flattened, 5–10 (–12) × 1.5–2.5 (–3) mm; valves glabrous or pubescent, trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.05–0.3 mm; ovules (24–) 30–40 per ovary; style 0.01–0.25 mm. Seeds oblong, 0.7–1.1 × 0.5–0.6 mm. 2n = 32.

Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Rock outcrops, talus, gravelly shores
Elevation: 0-200 m

Greenland, Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Mich., Minn., n, c Europe (Russia)

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Lower Taxa