Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 3042, Boechera spatifolia.  
 

 

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Photographed 22 December 2023.

Plants of the Douglas Mountain Study Area
Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Brassicaceae

Boechera spatifolia (Rydb.) Windham & Al-Shebaz.  Spoonleaf Rockcress.

Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. Open forest slope above Guy Gulch, 130 m. southwest of County Road 70, 1.09 km. (geodesic) northwest of Centennial Ranch house, 13.3 km. (geodesic) northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8°N, 105.3649°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2442 m.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2023, issued: Apr 10, 2023, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 3042. 3-Jul-2023

Coll. No. 3042, 3 July 2023, characters observed: Perennial herb, 45 cm. to 50 cm., hairs, simple, occasional forked hairs at base of stem; Leaves, basal, simple, petiole, 15 mm., blade 18 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, margin, toothed, ciliate, tip, acute, cauline, 18 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, auriculate, 1+mm., linear, entire; Inflorescence, elongating; Sepals, 1 row; Petals, 3 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, color, white; Fruit, pedicels, 10 mm., spreading, body, 45 mm., × 1.3 mm. wide, descending or pendant; Ovules, biseriate.

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