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|accepted_name=Smelowskia pyriformis
|accepted_authority=W. H. Drury & Rollins
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rhodora
|place=54: 108, fig. 3B. 1952
|year=1952
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Smelowskieae;Smelowskia;Smelowskia pyriformis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Smelowskieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Smelowskia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Smelowskia pyriformis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 672
|treatment_page=page 675
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>sometimes canescent throughout; caudex simple. <b>Stems</b>: usually several, rarely simple from base, usually unbranched, rarely branched, 0.5–2.4(–3) dm, trichomes simple, to 1.3 mm, mixed with smaller, dendritic ones. <b>Basal</b> leaves: petiole 1–4 cm, often ciliate, trichomes simple; blade broadly ovate to oblong in outline, (terminal segments oblong to or ovate), 1–2.2 cm × 8–15 mm, (terminal segments 0.4–1 cm × 1.5–3 mm), margins pinnatifid, apex obtuse. <b>Cauline</b> leaves shortly petiolate or sessile; blade similar to basal, smaller distally. <b>Racemes</b> considerably elongated in fruit. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels ascending to divaricate-ascending, (often forming less than 40˚ angle), proximalmost bracteate, 5–15(–20) mm, pubescent, trichomes simple (to 1.4 mm), mixed with smaller, dendritic ones. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 1.2–2.2 mm; petals purple, lavender, or white, suborbicular to obovate, 2.5–4.5 × 1–2.5 mm, narrowed to claw, 1–2 mm, apex rounded; anthers ovate, 0.3–0.5 mm. <b>Fruits</b> ascending, pyriform, subterete, 5–9 × 2.5–4 mm, base cuneate, apex rounded; valves each with prominent midvein; ovules 4 per ovary; style 0.4–1.2 mm. <b>Seeds</b> (oblong-lanceolate) 2.5–3.2 × 1–1.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Loose talus, scree slopes, shale ridgetops, limestone volcanic rubble, mixed sandstone-siltstone-carbonate scree
|elevation=600-1700 m
|distribution=Alaska.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p>
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|references=
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name=Smelowskia pyriformis
|author=
|authority=W. H. Drury & Rollins
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Loose talus, scree slopes, shale ridgetops, limestone volcanic rubble, mixed sandstone-siltstone-carbonate scree
|elevation=600-1700 m
|distribution=Alaska.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rhodora
|publication year=1952
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Smelowskieae
|genus=Smelowskia
|species=Smelowskia pyriformis
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