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Flora of Alaska

Flora of Alaska

Vascular plants of Alaska

Draba L.

Justin R. Fulkerson and Matthew L. Carlson

DRAFT MATERIAL

1a. Flowering stem with 0 leaves; flowers without subtending bracts; stem unbranched. … 2

1b. Flowering stem with 1 to many leaves; flowers with or without subtending bracts; stem branched or unbranched … 34

2a. Underside of leaf surface either glabrous or with simple to 2–6 rayed trichomes; fruits flattened or inflated basally; fruits planar. … 3

2b. Underside of leaf surface predominately pubescent with stellate, 6–12 rayed; fruits flattened and not inflated; fruits planar to slightly twisted … 22

3a. Underside of leaf surface glabrous or with at least both simple and multi-branched trichomes; flowering stem pubescent or glabrous. … 4

3b. Underside of leaf surface without simple trichomes, exclusively with 2–6 rayed trichomes; flowering stem pubescent … 15

4a. Flowers white … 5

4b. Flowers yellow … 8

5a. Fruit surface hairy with 5–12 rayed trichomes; midvein not prominent or noticeable and not persistent … Draba oblongata

5b. Fruit surface glabrous; midvein prominent and thickened on underside of leaves … 6

6a. Plants densely cespitose, pulvinate … Draba subcapitata

6b. Plants not pulvinate … 7

7a. Underside of leaf glabrous or simple and 2rayed trichomes; petal length 2–2.5 mm … Draba fladnizensis

7b. Underside of leaf glabrous or with multibranched trichomes concentrated toward leaf tip; petal length 3–5 mm … Draba lactea

8a. Flowering stem, rachis, and pedicels glabrous … 9

8b. Flowering stem, rachis, and pedicels hairy … 12

9a. Upper leaf surface glabrous except for ciliate margins … 10

9b. Upper leaf surface hairy … 11

10a. Pulvinate; fruit surface hairy with simple or 2–5 rayed trichomes; petal length 2–5 mm; leaves not fleshy … Draba densifolia

10b. Not pulvinate; fruit surface glabrous; petal length 1.5–2.5 mm; leaves fleshy … Draba crassifolia

11a. Leaves with simple and 2 rayed trichomes; petal length 1.5–2.5 mm; fruit surface glabrous … Draba crassifolia

11b. Leaves with simple and 2-4 rayed trichomes; petal length 3.5–6 mm; fruit surface hairy or glabrous … Draba pilosa

12a. Midvein prominent and thickened on underside of leaves … 13

12b. Midvein not prominent or noticeable and not persistent … 14

13a. Lowest fruit pedicel length 6–13 mm; petals 3.5–4 mm; anther height 0.4–0.5 mm … Draba pilosa

13b. Lowest fruit pedicel length 1.5–4 mm; petals 2.5–6 mm; anther height 0.2–0.3 mm … Draba pauciflora

14a. Leaf and flowering stem glabrous or with simple to few 2 rayed trichomes; petals yellow to pale green-purple, 0.5–0.8 mm wide; westernmost Alaska … Draba aleutica

14b. Leaf and flowering stem with 2–5 rayed trichomes; petals yellow, 0.3–0.7 mm wide … Draba stenopetala

15a. Fruit surface hairy … 16

15b. Fruit surface glabrous … 20

16a. Fruit surface with 2–6 rayed trichomes; leaf margin not ciliate … Draba ventosa

16b. Fruit surface with simple trichomes, leaf margins ciliate … 17

17a. Upper leaf surface glabrous or with only simple trichomes … 18a

17b. Upper leaf surface with simple and at least some branched trichomes … 19

18a. Plant cespitose; lower half of filaments obviously inflated; petal length 3.5–4 mm … Draba healyi

18b. Not cespitose; filaments slender throughout; petal length 2–3 mm … Draba micropetala

19a. Petals 2.5–3 mm; stigma wide as style; simple and Y-shaped spreading trichomes on flowering stem and leaf surfaces … Draba bennettii

19b. Petals 4–6 mm; stigma obviously wider than style; simple and/or stalked 2–5 rayed trichomes on flower stem and leaf surfaces … Draba corymbosa

20a. Lower half of filaments obviously inflated; upper leaf surface with only simple trichomes … Draba healyi

20b. Filaments slender throughout; upper leaf surface glabrous or with simple and 2–4 rayed trichomes. … 21

21a. Lowest fruit pedicels 1.5–4.5 mm; ovules 10–14; fruits inflated basally; petals pale yellow … Draba macounii

21b. Lowest fruit pedicels 5–17 mm; ovules 16–30; fruits not inflated; petals pale yellow to creamy white … Draba juvenilis

22a. Fruit surface hairy … 23

22b. Fruit surface glabrous, without trichomes, or if present then only on replum … 28

23a. Flowers yellow … 24

23b. Flowers white … 26

24a. Lower leaf surface with 2–10 rayed, stellate trichomes … Draba ruaxes

24b. Lower leaf surface with comb-like trichomes, sometimes 4–6 rayed trichomes present … 25

25a. Midevein not prominent or noticeable underside of basal leaves; petal length 4–6 mm; fruit length 5–9 mm; flowering stem with simple and 2–5 rayed trichomes, sometimes with comb-like trichomes … Draba incerta

25b. Underside of older basal leaves with a prominent or thickened midvein; petal length 2.5–4 mm; fruit length 3–6 mm; flowering stem with comb-like trichomes … Draba oligosperma

26a. Fruit trichomes simple and 2 rayed; fruit length 6–15 mm; ovules 16–24; petal length 2–3.5 mm; stem glabrous to pubescent … Draba lonchocarpa

26b. Fruit trichomes 2–15 rayed; fruit length 4–8 mm; ovules 20–36; petal length 3.5–5 mm; stem pubescent … 27

27a. Fruit trichomes 2–4 rayed; anther height 0.3–0.4 mm; basal leaf surface with short stalked stellate 8–12 rayed trichomes; basal leaf entire or with single tooth on sides; caudex simple or branched … Draba cinerea

27b. Fruit trichomes 5–12 rayed; anther height 0.2–0.3 mm; basal leaf surface with simple and stalked 2–3 rayed trichomes and short stalked 8–12 rayed trichomes; basal leaf margins entire; caudex branched … Draba oblongata

28a. Flowering stem and pedicels pubescent with stellate trichomes; fruits slightly twisted or planar; cespitose … 29

28b. Flowering stem and pedicels glabrous or pubescent toward the base; fruits planar; cespitose or not … 30

29a. Fruits elliptic to oblong-elliptic; fruit length 3.5–9 mm; fruit surface glabrous, but sometimes with 3–6 rayed trichomes on the replum … Draba nivalis

29b. Fruits narrowly lanceolate or oblong; fruit length 9–15 mm … Draba lonchocarpa

30a. Underside of older basal leaves have a prominent or thickened midvein … Draba lactea

30b. Midvein not prominent or noticeable underside of basal leaves … 31

31a. Upper leaf surface with 8–12 branched trichomes … 32

31b. Upper leaf surface glabrous or with 2–4 branched trichomes … 33

32a. Petals 4.5–5.5 mm; ovules 12–16 … Draba mulliganii

32b. Petals 3.2–4 mm; ovules 18–32 … Draba palanderiana

33a. Fruits 4–8 mm; flowering stem trichomes 3–5 rayed … Draba porsildii

33b. Fruits 10–18 mm; flowering stem trichomes 8–12 rayed … Draba lonchocarpa

34a. Underside of leaf surface glabrous or with simple to predominately 2–6 rayed trichomes … 35

34b. Underside of leaf surface hairy with predominately stellate, or 6–12 rayed trichomes … 46

35a. Fruit surface hairy … 36

35b. Fruit surface glabrous … 39

36a. Rachis glabrous; petals yellow … Draba nemorosa

36b. Rachis hairy; petals white … 37

37a. Fruit surface very hairy with 5–12 rayed trichomes … Draba oblongata

37b. Fruit surface hairy with simple and/or 2–4 rayed trichomes … 38

38a. Petal length 2.8–3.5 mm, 0.6–1.5 mm wide; ovule number 35–52; anther height 0.2–0.3 mm; fruits planar … Draba praealta

38b. Petal length 4–6 mm, 2–3 mm wide; ovule number 16–28; anther height 0.3–0.5 mm; fruits twisted or planar … Draba borealis

39a. Flowers white, creamy white, or very faint pale yellow … 40

39b. Flowers yellow … 42

40a. Flowering stem glabrous; lower leaf surface usually glabrous or with simple trichomes if present; lowest pedicel length 2–6 mm … Draba fladnizensis

40b. Flowering stem pubescent; lower leaf surface with cruciform or 2-rayed trichomes; lowest pedicel length 5–18 mm … 41

41a. Leaf margins ciliate; leaf margin entire; flowers white; style 0.6–1.5 mm long … Draba murrayi

41b. Leaf margins not ciliate; leaf margin entire or denticulate; flowers creamy white to pale yellow; style 0.2–0.7 mm long … Draba juvenilis

42a. Stolons or leafy stolons present … Draba ogilviensis

42b. Stolons absent … 43

43a. Perennial with well-developed thickened caudex, stems decumbent … Draba grandis

43b. Annual or biennial with non-prominent taproot or fibrous roots, without a well-developed caudex … 44

44a. Fruiting pedicels long (7–28 mm), longer than fruits … Draba nemorosa

44b. Fruiting pedicels short (3–14 mm), subequal or shorter than fruits … 45

45a. Fruits 6–12 mm; lower half of flowering stem and upper leaf surface with both simple and 2 rayed trichomes … Draba albertina

45b. Fruits 10–17 mm; lower half of stem and upper leaf surface without simple trichomes but with 2–4 rayed trichomes … Draba stenoloba

46a. Lowest flowers with subtending bracts … 47

46b. Flowers without subtending bracts … 51

47a. Flowers yellow … Draba aurea

47b. Flowers white … 48

48a. Fruit surface glabrous … 49

48b. Fruit surface hairy … 50

49a. Upper leaf surface with stellate, 8–12 rayed trichomes; ovules 16–20; anther height 0.2–0.3 mm; petal length 2–3.5 mm; rachis pubescent; fruits planar … Draba chamissonis

49b. Upper leaf surface glabrous or with simple trichomes; ovules 24–36; anther height 0.3–0.5 mm; petal length 4–5.5 mm; rachis glabrous; fruits planar or slightly twisted … Draba glabella

50a. Rachis pubescent; flower number 15–47; lowest pedicel length 2–5 mm; sepals 1.5–2 mm … Draba cana

50b. Rachis glabrous; flower number 3–9; lowest pedicel length 3–10 mm; sepals 2–3.5 mm … Draba glabella

51a. Fruit glabrous … 52

51b. Fruit with trichomes, or valve surface glabrous but with hairs present on replum … 54

52a. Petal length 4–5.5 mm; cauline leaf number 2–17; ovule number 24–36; caudex simple or branched … Draba glabella

52b. Petal length 2–4 mm; cauline leaf number usually not more than 1; ovule number 12–24; caudex branched … 53

53a. Fruit length 6–18 mm; ovule number 16–28 … Draba lonchocarpa

53b. Fruit length 4–7.5 mm; ovule number 12–16 … Draba porsildii

54a. Fruit trichomes 2–5 rayed or if surface glabrous then with 3–6 rayed trichomes on the replum … 55

54b. Fruit valve surface with both simple and 2–5 rayed trichomes … 56

55a. Fruit surface glabrous except for hairs on the replum; petal length 2.5–3.5 mm; lowest pedicel length 1–4.5 mm … Draba nivalis

55b. Fruit surface with dense stellate trichomes; petal length 3.5–4.5 mm; lowest pedicel length 4–7 mm … Draba cinerea

56a. Leaf blade margins dentate or denticulate; cauline leaf number 2–17; fruits planar … Draba glabella

56b. Leaf blade margins entire; cauline leaf number 1–2; fruits planar or slightly twisted … Draba lonchocarpa

References:

  1. Al-Shehbaz, I.A., & G.A. Mulligan. 2013. New or noteworthy species of Draba (Brassicaceae) from Canada and Alaska. Harvard Papers in Botany. 18: 101–124.
  2. Elven, R., D.F. Murray, V.Y. Razzhivin, and B.A. Yurtsev (eds.). 2017. Annotated Checklist of the Panarctic Flora (PAF) Vascular Plants. Natural History Museum, University of Oslo. Oslo, Norway. Available online: http://nhm2.uio.no/paf/
  3. Al-Shehbaz, I.A., & R. Elven. 2010. Draba. Pgs. 269–347. In:  Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.). 2010. Flora of North America North of Mexico. Vol 7. New York and Oxford.
  4. Mulligan, G.A. 1976. The genus Draba in Canada and Alaska: Key and summary. Canadian Journal of Botany. 54: 1386–1393.

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