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Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
Key to families | Table of families and genera |
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Index to accepted names and synonyms: | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | |
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Family: Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Genus: Boechera | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Species: | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Higher Taxonomy
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Boechera pulchra (M.E. Jones ex S. Watson) W.A. Weber NATIVE Habit: Caudex woody. Stem: generally 1 per caudex branch, from center of rosette elevated on woody base; generally 3--7.5 dm, proximally with short-stalked, generally 4--7-rayed hairs 0.1--0.3 mm. Leaf: basal 1--3 mm wide, entire; hairs short-stalked, 4--9-rayed, 0.1--0.3 mm; cauline 10--30, distal hairy, basal lobes 0 (to < 0.5 mm). Inflorescence: 8--25-flowered, occasionally generally +- 1-sided in fruit; fruit pedicel reflexed, abruptly recurved at base, 8--16 mm, hairs appressed, branched. Flower: sepals hairy; petals 9--16 mm, 2--5 mm wide, purple (white); pollen ellipsoid. Fruit: strongly reflexed, generally appressed, 3.3--8 cm, 2.5--4 mm wide, hairy throughout; style 0.1--0.3 mm; ovules 68--106. Seed: in 2 rows, 1.7--2.8 mm; wing 0.25--0.65 mm wide. Ecology: Rocky, gravelly, sandy slopes in chaparral, sagebrush scrub, evergreen woodland; Elevation: 600--2800 m. Bioregional Distribution: e&s SN, s GV, s SCoR, TR, PR, SNE, DMoj; Distribution Outside California: Nevada, Baja California. Flowering Time: Mar--Jun Synonyms: Arabis pulchra M.E. Jones ex S. Watson; Arabis pulchra var. pulchra; eFlora Treatment Author: Michael D. Windham & Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz Reference: Windham & Al-Shehbaz 2006--2007 Harvard Pap Bot 11:61--88, 11:257--274, 12:235--257 Unabridged Reference: Al-Shehbaz 2003 Novon 13:381--391 Jepson Online Interchange Previous taxon: Boechera puberula Next taxon: Boechera pygmaea | ![]() |
Citation for this treatment: Michael D. Windham & Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz 2012, Boechera pulchra, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=15800, accessed on April 21, 2018. Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2018, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 21, 2018. More photos of Boechera pulchra in CalPhotos
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