Difference between revisions of "Noccaea arctica"

(A. E. Porsild) Holub

Preslia 70: 107. 1998.

Basionym: Thlaspi arcticum A. E. Porsild
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 601.
FNA>Volume Importer
 
FNA>Volume Importer
Line 26: Line 26:
 
|elevation=0-500 m
 
|elevation=0-500 m
 
|distribution=Yukon;Alaska.
 
|distribution=Yukon;Alaska.
|discussion=<p>Noccaea arctica is rare, known from a limited number of collections. P. K. Holmgren (1971) suggested that additional collections might indicate that it is a variety of N. fendleri (as Thlaspi montanum).</p>
+
|discussion=<p><i>Noccaea arctica</i> is rare, known from a limited number of collections. P. K. Holmgren (1971) suggested that additional collections might indicate that it is a variety of <i>N. fendleri</i> (as <i>Thlaspi</i> montanum).</p>
 
|tables=
 
|tables=
 
|references=
 
|references=
Line 50: Line 50:
 
|publication year=1998
 
|publication year=1998
 
|special status=
 
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_979.xml
+
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_979.xml
 
|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Noccaeeae
 
|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Noccaeeae
 
|genus=Noccaea
 
|genus=Noccaea

Revision as of 19:01, 18 September 2019

Perennials; (with persistent petiolar remains). Stems simple or several from caudex, erect, unbranched, 0.5–1.8 dm. Basal leaves: petiole 0.4–1.3 cm; blade oblanceolate to spatulate, 0.3–1.8 cm × 2–4 mm, base cuneate or attenuate, margins entire, apex obtuse. Cauline leaves 3–7; blade ovate or suboblong, 0.5–1 cm × 1–5 mm, base minutely auriculate, margins entire, apex obtuse to subacute. Racemes 0.5–6 cm. Fruiting pedicels ascending to horizontal, straight, 3–8 mm. Flowers: sepals 1.5–2.5 × 0.5–1 mm, (margins white); petals white, 3–5 × 2–2.5 mm, often flaring between blade and claw, apex rounded; filaments 2–3 mm; anthers ca. 0.5 mm. Fruits not winged, narrowly obovate, 6–10 × 2–3.5 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse; ovules 8–14 per ovary; style (0.3–)0.6–1 mm. Seeds yellow-brown, 1.5–2 mm, nearly smooth. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Dry tundra ridges, arctic coast
Elevation: 0-500 m

Discussion

Noccaea arctica is rare, known from a limited number of collections. P. K. Holmgren (1971) suggested that additional collections might indicate that it is a variety of N. fendleri (as Thlaspi montanum).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.