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Annual to subshrub
Leaves generally basal and cauline, alternate, generally simple; stipules 0
Inflorescence: generally raceme
Flower bisexual; sepals 4, free; petals (0)4, free, generally white or yellow, often clawed; stamens generally (2,4)6, generally 4 long, 2 short; ovary 1, superior, chambers generally 2, septum membranous, connecting 2 parietal placentas, style 1, stigma simple or 2-lobed
Fruit: generally capsule ("silique") with 2 deciduous valves, sometimes breaking transversely or indehiscent
Seeds 1many per chamber
Genera in family: 300+ genera, 3000+ species: worldwide, especially cool regions; some cultivated for food (especially Brassica, Raphanus ) and ornamental
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Capparaceae [Rodman et al. 1993 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 80:686699; Rollins 1993 Cruciferae of Continental North America. Stanford Univ Press]
Family description, key to genera by Robert A. Price.DRABA
Robert A. Price
Annual to perennial herb, often cushion- or mat-forming; hairs often branched
Leaves basal and sometimes cauline, entire or shallowly toothed
Flower: sepal bases equal; petals < 10 mm, yellow or white, claw and limb generally distinct
Fruit < 30 mm, generally lanceolate to ovate, generally flat parallel to septum, less often partially inflated, sometimes twisted or wavy
Seeds: 2 rows per chamber; wing generally 0
Species in genus: 350+ species: n hemisphere, mtns of South America
Etymology: (Greek: acrid)
Reference: [Rollins & Price 1988 Aliso 12:1727]
Native D. sharsmithii Rollins & R.A. Price
MOUNT WHITNEY DRABA
Perennial
Stems densely mat-forming, < 10 cm; hairs 0 or near base, forked
Leaves basal, 210 mm, narrowly ovate, entire; tip generally acute; surface hairs 24-branched, often stellate; margins hairy
Inflorescence < 15-flowered
Flower: petals 46 mm, yellow
Fruit 620 mm, lanceolate, strongly twisted, glabrous; style 0.62 mm
Seeds < 15, 1.21.7 mm; wings 0
Ecology: UNCOMMON. Protected rock crevices
Elevation: > 3500 m.
Bioregional distribution: s High Sierra Nevada (Fresno, Inyo cos.)
Synonyms: D. cruciata Payson var. integrifolia C.L. Hitchc. & Sharsm
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