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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Boechera suffrutescens
|accepted_authority=(S. Watson) Dorn
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brittonia
|place=55: 3. 2003
|year=2003
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Arabis suffrutescens
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=17: 362. 1882
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Arabis dianthifolia
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Arabis duriuscula
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Boechereae;Boechera;Boechera suffrutescens
|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 suffrutescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 355, 356, 359, 371, 384, 403
|treatment_page=page 409
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Perennials; long-lived; sexual or apomictic; caudex woody. <b>Stems</b> usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette, elevated above ground surface on woody base, 1–4(–5) dm, usually glabrous proximally, rarely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 2-rayed, 0.1–0.3 mm, glabrous distally. <b>Basal</b> leaves: blade narrowly oblanceolate, 1.5–6 mm wide, margins entire, not ciliate or, rarely, with simple trichomes to 0.7 mm, surfaces glabrous or sparsely to densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 2–6-rayed, 0.07–0.4 mm. <b>Cauline</b> leaves: (4–)6–12, sometimes concealing stem proximally; blade auricles 0.5–2 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves glabrous. <b>Racemes</b> 6–12-flowered, usually unbranched. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels reflexed, usually abruptly recurved at base, otherwise straight, 4–18 mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> pendent at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals purple or whitish with rose tips, 4.5–6 × 2–2.5 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid or spheroid. <b>Fruits</b> reflexed to closely pendent, sometimes appressed to rachis, often secund, straight to somewhat curved, edges undulate (not parallel), 3–7(–8) cm × 3–5(–6) mm; valves glabrous; ovules 20–30 per ovary; style 0.4–1.2 mm. <b>Seeds</b> uniseriate, 2.5–5.5 × 1.8–3.5 mm; wing continuous, 0.8–1.5 mm wide.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Rocky slopes and gravelly soil, often with sagebrush
|elevation=1800-3000 m
|distribution=Calif.;Idaho;Nev.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p><i>Boechera suffrutescens</i> is recognizable by its prominently suffrutescent habit and wide (greater than 3 mm), reflexed fruits. Both sexual and apomictic collections are known; further study is needed to determine whether they truly are conspecific. The taxon previously known as <i>Arabis</i> suffrutescens var. horizontalis appears to be of hybrid origin; it is treated here as a distinct species (see M. D. Windham and I. A. Al-Shehbaz 2007 for detailed comparison).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Boechera suffrutescens
|authority=(S. Watson) Dorn
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Arabis dianthifolia;Arabis duriuscula
|basionyms=Arabis suffrutescens
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Rocky slopes and gravelly soil, often with sagebrush
|elevation=1800-3000 m
|distribution=Calif.;Idaho;Nev.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Brittonia
|publication year=2003
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Boechereae
|genus=Boechera
|species=Boechera suffrutescens
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