Thelypodium laxiflorum

Biennials; somewhat glaucous, glabrous throughout or pubescent basally. Stems branched distally, (1.5–)3–14(–23.5) dm, (glabrous throughout or sparsely to densely hirsute proximally). Basal leaves (and proximal cauline): petiole (1–)1.7–8(–11) cm, pubescent or glabrous; blade oblanceolate in outline (lateral lobes usually oblong to linear, rarely deltate), (4–)7.2–20.5(–30) cm × (6–)10–40(–100) mm, margins pinnately lobed or lyrate (lobes entire or dentate). Cauline leaves petiolate; blade usually lanceolate to linear, sometimes oblanceolate to oblong, 1.5–7(–10) cm × 3–12(–20) mm, margins usually entire or repand, rarely lobed. Racemes corymbose, somewhat lax, considerably elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels often divaricate, sometimes reflexed, rarely horizontal or divaricate-ascending, straight, slender, (4–)5–13(–19) mm, somewhat flattened at base. Flowers: sepals (equal), ascending, oblong, (2.5–)3–5(–5.5) × 1–1.7(–3) mm, (lateral pair not saccate); petals usually white, rarely lavender, usually spatulate, rarely obovate, 5–7.5(–9.5) × 1.5–2.5(–3.5) mm, margins not crisped, claw obscurely differentiated from blade (widest at base); nectar glands continuous, flat, subtending bases of stamens; filaments tetradynamous, median pairs 3–4.5(–5.5) mm, lateral pair 2.5–3.5(–4.5) mm; anthers included, oblong, (1–)1.5–2.2(–2.5) mm, not circinately coiled; gynophore 0.5–0.8(–1.5) mm. Fruits divaricate to reflexed, submoniliform to strongly torulose, straight or curved, terete, (2–)3–6.6(–7.4) cm × 0.7–1(–1.5) mm, (replum constricted between seeds); ovules 26–62 per ovary; style usually clavate to subclavate, rarely cylindrical, (0.5–)0.8–2(–5) mm. Seeds (oblong), (1–)1.3–1.8(–2) × 0.5–1 mm.

Phenology: Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat: Talus, rocky slopes, cliffs, pinyon-juniper-brush communities
Elevation: 1500-3100 m

Colo., Nev., Utah.

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Lower Taxa