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DRABA
Annual to perennial herb, generally cushion- or mat-forming, occasionally scapose, hairs simple, forked, or many-branched.
Leaf: basal generally rosetted; cauline entire or shallowly toothed, base generally not lobed, occasionally 0.
Inflorescence: generally many-flowered, elongated or not; bracts generally 0.
Flower: sepals bases equal; petals generally short-clawed, yellow or white (lavender or red).
Fruit: silique or silicle, dehiscent, linear to lanceolate or ovate, occasionally ovoid or spheric, cylindric or flat parallel to septum, unsegmented; stigma entire.
Seed: in 2 rows; wing generally 0.
370+ species: n hemisphere, South America mtns. (Greek: acrid, describing taste of crucifer leaves) [Al-Shehbaz & Windham 2007 Harvard Pap Bot 12:409–419]
Unabridged references: [Beilstein & Windham 2003 Syst Bot 28:584–592; Hitchcock 1941 Univ Washington Publ Biol 11:1–132; Koch & Al-Shehbaz 2002 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 89:88–109; Rollins & Price 1988 Aliso 12:17–27; Schulz 1927 Pflanzenreich IV 105(Heft 89):1–396]

Key to Draba

1. Annual or biennial

2. Petals deeply 2-lobed; inflorescence axis generally wavy in fruit ..... D. verna

2' Petals not divided; inflorescence axis straight in fruit

3. Style (0.8)1–3.5 mm ..... D. corrugata (2)

3' Style <= 0.4 mm

4. Infl umbel-like in fruit ..... [D. reptans]

4' Infl elongated to ± congested, not umbel-like in fruit

5. Infl axis glabrous

6. Cauline leaves (0)1–5; pedicels 3–14 mm, <= fruit ..... D. albertina (2)

6' Cauline leaves 4–12(15); pedicels 7–28(35) mm, > fruit ..... [D. nemorosa]

5' Infl axis hairy

7. Basal leaves not rosetted, late-season flowers without petals; seeds 0.5–0.7 mm, ovoid ..... D. cuneifolia

7' Basal leaves rosetted, late-season flowers with petals; seeds 0.8–1.1 mm, oblong ..... D. praealta (2)

1' Perennial

8. Basal leaves abaxially glabrous (leaf margins hairy)

9. Style (1)1.6–3 mm

10. Fr glabrous; seed 3–4.5 mm wide, round, winged ..... D. carnosula

10' Fr hairy; seed 1–1.6 mm, oblong, wingless ..... D. howellii

9' Style 0.1–0.8 mm

11. Plant cushion-forming; leaf midvein prominent ..... D. densifolia (2)

11' Plant. not cushion-forming; leaf midvein obscure

12. Pedicel base not decurrent; fruit 1.5–3 mm wide, narrowly lanceolate ..... D. cruciata

12' Pedicel base decurrent; fruit 2.2–4.5 mm wide, ovate to lance-elliptic ..... D. incrassata (2)

8' Basal leaves abaxially hairy

13. Plant cushion-forming; flowers yellow; cauline leaves 0

14. Style 1.5–3.8 mm; seeds winged ..... D. pterosperma

14' Style 0.1–0.8(1) mm; seeds wingless

15. Lf hairs sessile, comb-like, 7–16-rayed, long axis parallel to midvein ..... D. oligosperma

15' Lf hairs stalked, not comb-like, 2–12-rayed, long axis not parallel to midvein

16. Fr not symmetric, flat, generally twisted ..... D. sierrae

16' Fr symmetric, flat or base inflated, not twisted

17. Lvs abaxially sparsely hairy, hairs 2–4-rayed; fruit flat ..... D. densifolia (2)

17' Lvs abaxially densely hairy, hairs 2–12-rayed; fruit inflated proximally

18. Infl generally elongated in fruit; basal leaves ciliate, adaxial hairs simple, some 2-rayed ..... D. novolympica

18' Infl umbel-like in fruit; basal leaves not ciliate, adaxial hairs 5–12-rayed ..... D. subumbellata

13' Plant not cushion-forming; flowers white (yellow); cauline leaves (0)1–many

19. Infl axis glabrous

20. Hairs on basal leaves 8–12-rayed on abaxial surface ..... D. lonchocarpa (2)

20' Hairs on basal leaves 2–5-rayed on abaxial surface, occasionally also simple

21. Fr base ± inflated; petals white; inflorescence umbel-like in fruit ..... D. monoensis (2)

21' Fr base flat; petals yellow; inflorescence elongated in fruit

22. Seeds 8–12; pedicels decurrent at base ..... D. incrassata (2)

22' Seeds (12)14–44; pedicels not decurrent at base

23. Perennial, short-lived, not tufted; seeds 20–44; style <= 0.1 mm; petals 2–3 mm ..... D. albertina (2)

23' Perennial, not short-lived, tufted; seeds 12–20; style (0.2)0.5–2 mm; petals 4–7 mm

24. Seeds winged; basal leaves not ciliate; fruit generally not twisted, straight, occasionally ± twisted ..... D. asterophora

24' Seeds wingless; basal leaves ciliate; fruit twisted, curved ..... D. sharsmithii

19' Infl axis hairy

25. Basal leaves with simple hairs; petals persistent ..... D. longisquamosa

25' Basal leaves with some branched hairs; petals deciduous

26. Style (0.8)1–3.5 mm; petals yellow

27. Cauline leaves 0(1) ..... D. saxosa

27' Cauline leaves 4–33

28. Fr oblong, not twisted; seeds 10–20; most proximal flowers bracted ..... D. aureola

28' Fr elliptic, generally twisted; seeds 16–28; flowers not bracted ..... D. corrugata (2)

26' Style 0.1–0.6 mm; petals white (yellow)

29. Lf hairs simple or 2-rayed

30. Fls yellow; fruit flat, ± twisted, 2.5–5 mm wide ..... D. lemmonii

30' Fls white; fruit ± inflated proximally, not twisted, (1.2)1.5–2.5 mm wide ..... D. monoensis (2)

29' Lf hairs generally 4–12-rayed

31. Fr hairs 2–7-rayed only

32. Infl not bracted; plant tufted; stem (1)2–10(15) cm ..... D. breweri

32' Infl bracted proximally; plant not tufted; stem (6)10–30(38) cm ..... D. cana

31' At least some fruit hairs simple

33. Infl 8–30(37)-flowered; leaves dentate; seeds (24)30–52 ..... D. praealta (2)

33' Infl 3–13-flowered; leaves entire; seeds 16–32

34. Lf hairs on both surfaces 4–8-rayed; inflorescence axis not wavy in fruit; sepals persistent ..... D. californica

34' Lf hairs on abaxial surface 8–12-rayed; inflorescence axis ± wavy in fruit; sepals deciduous ..... D. lonchocarpa (2)

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