UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0009758
UCR-BPS-250233
UCR-250233
Boechera depauperata (A. Nelson & P.B. Kenn.) Windham & Al-Shehbaz
Brassicaceae
Thomas R. Stoughton
1620A
2012-07-01
2012-7-1
United States, California, Inyo, John Muir Wilderness, Tamarack Bench area of Rock Creek Basin, ridgeline east of Dorothy Lake
37.43714 -118.69244
T6S R30E sec9
3342 meters (10962ft)
Rocky, somewhat stable scree on steep hillside with relatively open canopy; assoc. with Juncus parryi, Pinus albicaulis, Stipa occidentalis, Elymus elymoides, Galium, Ribes, Linanthus pungens, Penstemon spp.
Flowering & Fruiting
Common, in rocks beneath pines growing in cracks of boulders where pine duff accumulates. Flower petals purple distally with white bases, calyx somewhat brownish. Immature fruits appear to be spreading to ascending. Proximal and distal stems hairy, pedicels also hairy. Cauline leaves auriculate, basal leaves oblanceolate. Microsatellite confirmed apomictic hybrid: B. lemmonii (S. Watson) W. A. Weber X B. fernaldiana (Rollins) W. A. Weber