Braya glabella subsp. prostrata

J. G. Harris

Novon 16: 350. 2006.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 548.

Stems decumbent to prostrate or weakly ascending, 0.3–1.5 dm. Leaves: blade not fleshy, to 6 mm wide, margins usually entire. Racemes not elongated in fruit (often compact). Fruits oblong-elliptic to broadly oblong-lanceoloid, straight or curved, (0.7–)0.8–1.2 cm × 2.5–3.6 mm, 2.5–3.7 times as long as wide; style stout, 0.8–1.8 mm. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Dry or damp sand and silt on barren slopes and plains
Elevation: 0-200 m

Discussion

Subspecies prostrata is known only from Ellesmere Island.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.