Cochlearia tridactylites

Banks ex de Candolle

Syst. Nat. 2: 367. 1821.

Endemic
Synonyms: Cochlearia cyclocarpa S. F. Blake
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 516. Mentioned on page 515.

Biennials or perennials. Stems few to several from base, decumbent, branched distally, 0.6–3 dm. Basal leaves rosulate; petiole 0.5–5(–9) cm; blade cordate to broadly ovate, 0.5–1.5(–2) cm × 3–15(–20) mm, base cordate or truncate, margins entire or dentate, rarely sinuate-dentate, apex obtuse. Cauline leaves petiolate (shortly petiolate or sessile distally); blade 4–20 × 3–17 mm, base cuneate to subtruncate (distalmost auriculate), margins coarsely dentate, apex acute. Racemes many-flowered, (more elongated proximally). Fruiting pedicels divaricate or ascending, (3–)4–11(–15) mm. Flowers: sepals ovate, 1–2(–2.5) × 0.7–1.2 mm; petals oblanceolate, 1.8–3(–4) × 1–2 mm; filaments 1–2 mm; anthers 0.3–0.5 mm. Fruits orbicular or ovoid-orbicular, 3.5–7(–9) × 4–7(–9) mm, distinctly angustiseptate; valves prominently reticulate; septum complete; ovules 8–12 per ovary; style 0.3–0.9 mm. Seeds brown, ovoid-oblong, 1.4–1.6 × 1.1–1.3 mm, papillate.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Coastal areas, calcareous sandstone, sea cliffs, rocky seashores, limestone gravel beds, serpentine barrens, talus or gravel, escarpments
Elevation: 0-100 m

Distribution

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Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Que.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +  and Marcus Koch +
Banks ex de Candolle +
Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +  and Que. +
0-100 m +
Coastal areas, calcareous sandstone, sea cliffs, rocky seashores, limestone gravel beds, serpentine barrens, talus or gravel, escarpments +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
Cochlearia cyclocarpa +
Cochlearia tridactylites +
Cochlearia +
species +