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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Boechera cusickii
|accepted_authority=(S. Watson) Al-Shehbaz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Novon
|place=13: 384. 2003
|year=2003
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Arabis cusickii
|authority=S. Watson
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=17: 363. 1882
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Boechereae;Boechera;Boechera cusickii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Boechereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Boechera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Boechera cusickii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 353, 363, 377
|treatment_page=page 372
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Perennials; long-lived; (often cespitose); sexual; caudex usually woody. <b>Stems</b> usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette near ground surface, 1–2.5(–3.8) dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes simple, 0.5–1.5 mm, sparsely pubescent or glabrous distally. <b>Basal</b> leaves: blade linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 0.5–2 mm wide, margins entire, ciliate, trichomes (simple), 1–1.7 mm, surfaces moderately pubescent, trichomes simple and long-stalked, 2-rayed, 0.5–1.7 mm. <b>Cauline</b> leaves: 10–30, often concealing stem proximally; blade auricles 0–0.5 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves sparsely pubescent. <b>Racemes</b> 5–14-flowered, usually unbranched. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels ascending, straight, 4–15(–20) mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, trichomes simple. <b>Flowers</b> ascending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals white to lavender, 6–10 × 2–3 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid. <b>Fruits</b> ascending to divaricate-ascending, not appressed to rachis, not secund, straight or curved, edges parallel, 4–8(–9.5) cm × 2.3–3 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 56–106 per ovary; style 0.1–0.5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> uniseriate, 1.5–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm; wing continuous, 0.1–0.2 mm wide distally.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr-mid May.
|habitat=Basaltic bluffs, rocky slopes, rock crevices, gravelly hillsides, sagebrush hills, outcrops of volcanic rock
|elevation=600-1800 m
|distribution=Idaho;Nev.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>Peripheral populations of <i>Boechera cusickii</i> in south-central Idaho and northern <i>Nevada</i> have a higher proportion of branched hairs, possibly resulting from hybridization with <i>B. sparsiflora</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Boechera cusickii
|author=
|authority=(S. Watson) Al-Shehbaz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Arabis cusickii
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr-mid May.
|habitat=Basaltic bluffs, rocky slopes, rock crevices, gravelly hillsides, sagebrush hills, outcrops of volcanic rock
|elevation=600-1800 m
|distribution=Idaho;Nev.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Novon
|publication year=2003
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Boechereae
|genus=Boechera
|species=Boechera cusickii
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