familyBrassicaceae
genusTransberingia
speciesTransberingia bursifolia
subspeciesTransberingia bursifolia subsp. virgata
Transberingia bursifolia subsp. virgata
Novon 13: 396. 2003.
Basionym: Sisymbrium virgatum Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 93. 1838
Synonyms: Arabidopsis stenocarpa (Rydberg) Rydberg Arabidopsis virgata (Nuttall) Rydberg Arabis brebneriana A. Nelson Beringia bursifolia subsp. virgata (Nuttall) R. A. Price, Al-Shehbaz & O’Kane Halimolobos virgata (Nuttall) O. E. Schulz Hesperis virgata (Nuttall) Kuntze Pilosella stenocarpa Rydberg Pilosella virgata (Nuttall) Rydberg Stenophragma virgatum (Nuttall) Greene Transberingia virgata (Nuttall) N. H. Holmgren
Plants usually pubescent, rarely glabrescent, on stems distally and raceme rachis, trichomes branched, subappressed, these sometimes mixed with simple ones.
Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Alkaline flats, plains, meadows, brushy hillsides, alpine areas, foothills, mountain slopes, ridges, dry knolls, grassy areas
Elevation: 1000-3600 m
Distribution
Alta., Sask., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Utah, Wyo.
Discussion
Apart from its distribution in Wyoming, subsp. virgata appears to be limited to counties in California (Inyo, Mono), Colorado (Eagle, Gunnison, Park), Idaho (Butte, Clark), Montana (Beaverhead, Phillips), Nevada (Esmeralda, Nye), and Utah (Dagget, Wasatch).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.