Boechera polyantha

(Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz

Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 78. 2006.

Basionym: Arabis polyantha Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 80. 1910
Synonyms: Arabis macdougalii Rydberg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 398. Mentioned on page 354.

Perennials; usually short-lived; sexual; caudex not woody. Stems usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, 2.5–9 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes short-stalked, 2–6-rayed, 0.1–0.7 mm, similarly pubescent distally. Basal leaves: blade oblanceolate, 1.5–7 mm wide, margins entire or shallowly dentate, ciliate at petiole base, trichomes to 0.9 mm, surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 5–10-rayed, 0.1–0.25 mm. Cauline leaves: 16–42, concealing stem proximally; blade auricles 0.5–1.5 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves pubescent. Racemes 17–96-flowered, usually unbranched. Fruiting pedicels reflexed, abruptly recurved at base, otherwise straight, 7–13 mm, pubescent, trichomes appressed, branched. Flowers descending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals white, 6–9 × 1–2.5 mm, sparsely pubescent abaxially; pollen ellipsoid. Fruits strongly reflexed, usually appressed to rachis, sometimes somewhat secund, straight, edges parallel, 3.5–7.2 cm × 1.2–1.5 mm; valves densely pubescent; ovules 74–110 per ovary; styles 0.05–0.2 mm. Seeds uniseriate, 0.9–1.2 × 0.7–1 mm; wing continuous, 0.05–0.1 mm wide.


Phenology: Flowering late Apr-early Jun.
Habitat: Rocky, gravelly, and sandy slopes in open areas
Elevation: 900-2500 m

Distribution

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Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Boechera polyantha is closely related to B. retrofracta, but is easily distinguished by densely pubescent fruits and scattered trichomes on abaxial petal surfaces.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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oblong +  and ovate +
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +  and Michael D. Windham +
(Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz +
not +  and rosulate +
straight +
recurved +  and reflexed +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Arabis polyantha +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
not +  and auriculate +
lyrate-pinnatifid +, dentate +  and entire +
dissected +, repand +, sinuate +, crenate +  and dentate +
oblanceolate +
much smaller +  and reduced +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
not woody +
petiolate +  and sessile +
well-developed +
indistinct +
not +  and differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (7.2 cm72 mm <br />0.072 m <br />) +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
900-2500 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
actinomorphic +
straight +
torulose +, falcate +, lanceolate +, oblong +  and linear +
Rocky, gravelly, and sandy slopes in open areas +
annular +  and semiannular +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
cauline +  and basal +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
dentate +  and entire +
pinnatifid +
prominent +  and obscure +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
rudimentary +
oblanceolate +  and spatulate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Flowering late Apr-early Jun. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
ellipsoid +
Harvard Pap. Bot. +
unbranched;17-96-flowered +
reflexed +, ascending +  and erect +
slender +
mucilaginous +
margined +, not winged +  and winged +
biseriate +, sub-biseriate +  and uniseriate +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
orbicular +, oblong +  and flattened +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
spreading +, ascending +  and erect +
oblong +  and ovate +
reduced +
latiseptate +, schizocarpic +, samaroid +  and lomentaceous +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
angustiseptate +, flat +, angled +, terete +, torulose +, not +, segmented +  and nutletlike +
tetradynamous +
branched +  and unbranched +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +
distinct +
0.005 cm0.05 mm <br />5.0e-5 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
Arabis macdougalii +
Boechera polyantha +
Boechera +
species +
branched +  and short-stalked +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.025 cm0.25 mm <br />2.5e-4 m <br />) +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
anastomosing +
perennial +  and short-lived +
hispid +, hirsute +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
rhizomatous +, taprooted +, scapose +  and not +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
subshrub +  and herb +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
0.05mm;0.1mm +