Braya fernaldii

Abbe

Rhodora 50: 12, plate 1090, fig. 2. 1948.

EndemicConservation concern
Synonyms: Braya purpurascens var. fernaldii (Abbe) B. Boivin
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 547. Mentioned on page 546.

Plants scapose; moderately to densely pubescent, trichomes 2-forked and simple. Stems simple or few to several from base, erect, 0.2–0.7 (–10) dm. Basal leaves: blade narrowly spatulate to oblanceolate, (0.5–) 1–3 (–4) cm × 1–3 mm, base (membranous), broadly expanded near point of attachment, margins entire, (sparsely ciliate proximally), apex obtuse. Cauline leaves: 0 or 1 (or a leaflike bract subtending proximalmost pedicel). Fruiting pedicels erect or ascending, 1–2.6 mm. Flowers: sepals 2–2.6 × 1–1.5 mm; petals white or rose-purple, 2.4–3.8 (–4) × (0.8–) 1–1.3 (–2) mm, (claw and blade often gradually and not well-differentiated, apex rounded); filaments 1.7–2 mm; anthers oblong, 0.3–0.4 mm. Fruits lanceoloid-subulate, not torulose, (straight), (0.3–) 0.4–0.7 cm × (0.7–) 1–1.5 (–1.7) mm; valves densely to moderately pubescent, trichomes 2-forked and simple; septum margin broadly expanded basally (forming sacklike pouch around proximalmost seed in each locule); ovules 10–16 per ovary; style (0.5–) 0.6–1 (–1.2) mm; stigma 2-lobed or entire. Seeds uniseriate, oblong, (0.9–) 1–1.3 × (0.4–) 0.5–0.6 (–0.7) mm. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Limestone barrens
Elevation: 0-60 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Braya fernaldii and B. longii are closely related northwestern Newfoundland endemics that differ from the remaining species of Braya by their lanceoloid-subulate fruits and septum margins that broadly expand basally to produce a sacklike pouch around bases of proximalmost seeds in each locule.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Braya fernaldii"
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
James G. Harris +
expanded +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
not auriculate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
lobed +, dentate +  and sinuate +
narrowly spatulate;oblanceolate +
much smaller +  and reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br />) +
well-developed +
not +  and distinct +
not +  and differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
incumbent +  and accumbent +
Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +
0-60 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 /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
latiseptate +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
not torulose +  and lanceoloid-subulate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Limestone barrens +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
cauline +  and basal +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
rose-purple +  and white +
2.4mm;3.8mm +
rudimentary +
spatulate +, oblanceolate +  and obovate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Jul. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
ascending +  and erect +
slender +
mucilaginous +
uniseriate +  and biseriate +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
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 +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
tetradynamous +
few to several +  and simple +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
entire +  and 2-lobed +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Braya purpurascens var. fernaldii +
Braya fernaldii +
species +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
anastomosing +
not +  and scapose +
glabrous +, pilose +  and pubescent +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +