Smelowskia borealis (Greene) W. H. Drury &amp; Rollins (Q3765)

taxon name

Smelowskia borealis

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taxon authority

(Greene) W.H. Drury & Rollins

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

smélowskie boréale (French)

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northern smelowskia (English)

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northern false candytuft (English)

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false candytuft (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

4124

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distribution

CA-NT

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

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publication

Porsild, A.E. & W.J. Cody. 1980. Vascular Plants of the Continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ont. 667 pp.

CA-YT

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

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publication

Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.

CA-NT

original value

N.W.T.

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CA-YT

original value

Yukon

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US-AK

original value

Alaska.

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Smelowskia C. A. Meyer in C. F. von Ledebour

parent taxon

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taxon habit

herb

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GBIF taxon key

3045517

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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phenology

Flowering Jun–Aug.

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taxon habitat

loose talus

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metamorphic slide rock

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rocky slopes

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scree

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shale splinters

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limestone rubble

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alpine ridges

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barren rocks

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unstable talus

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alpine glacial bowl

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elevation

600-1700 m

measurement range from

600 meter

measurement range to

1,700 meter

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special status

E

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taxon description fragment

Plants sometimes canescent basally;

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d0_s0

caudex usually simple, rarely branched.

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d0_s1

Stems: several from base, often unbranched or branched proximally, 0.6–3 (–3.5) dm, trichomes simple, to 1 mm, mixed with smaller, dendritic ones.

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d0_s2

Basal leaves: petiole 0.5–3.2 cm, ciliate or not;

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d0_s3

blade obovate to ovate in outline, (terminal segments linear, oblong, or ovate), 0.7–2.5 cm × 4–14 mm, (terminal segments 0.2–1.1 cm × 1–5 mm), margins palmately (3 or) 5 (or 7) -lobed, (surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes dendritic, often mixed with larger, simple ones, to 1 mm), apex obtuse or subacute.

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d0_s4

Cauline leaves shortly petiolate or sessile;

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d0_s5

blade often similar to basal, smaller distally, margins sometimes pinnatifid.

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d0_s6

Fruiting pedicels spreading to divaricate-ascending, (secund, often curved), proximalmost bracteate, 6–15 (–20) mm, pubescent, trichomes simple mixed with smaller, dendritic ones.

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d0_s8

Flowers: sepals (usually persistent), 2.5–3.2 mm;

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d0_s9

petals purple to lavender, suborbicular to obovate, 4–5 × 1.5–2 mm, narrowed to claw, 1.5–2.5 mm, apex rounded;

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d0_s10

anthers oblong, 0.4–0.5 mm.

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d0_s11

Fruits spreading to ascending, usually oblanceolate to spatulate or linear-oblanceolate, rarely oblong-obovate, angustiseptate, (8–) 12–28 × 4–8 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse;

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d0_s12

valves each with prominent midvein and distinct lateral-veins, (rarely sparsely pubescent);

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