Transberingia bursifolia subsp. virgata

(Nuttall) Al-Shehbaz & O’Kane

Novon 13: 396. 2003.

Basionym: Sisymbrium virgatum Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 93. 1838
Synonyms: Arabidopsis stenocarpa (Rydberg) Rydberg Arabidopsis virgata (Nuttall) Rydberg Arabis brebneriana A. Nelson Beringia bursifolia subsp. virgata (Nuttall) R. A. Price, Al-Shehbaz & O’Kane Halimolobos virgata (Nuttall) O. E. Schulz Hesperis virgata (Nuttall) Kuntze Pilosella stenocarpa Rydberg Pilosella virgata (Nuttall) Rydberg Stenophragma virgatum (Nuttall) Greene Transberingia virgata (Nuttall) N. H. Holmgren
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 457. Mentioned on page 456.

Plants usually pubescent, rarely glabrescent, on stems distally and raceme rachis, trichomes branched, subappressed, these sometimes mixed with simple ones.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Alkaline flats, plains, meadows, brushy hillsides, alpine areas, foothills, mountain slopes, ridges, dry knolls, grassy areas
Elevation: 1000-3600 m

Distribution

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Alta., Sask., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Apart from its distribution in Wyoming, subsp. virgata appears to be limited to counties in California (Inyo, Mono), Colorado (Eagle, Gunnison, Park), Idaho (Butte, Clark), Montana (Beaverhead, Phillips), Nevada (Esmeralda, Nye), and Utah (Dagget, Wasatch).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +
(Nuttall) Al-Shehbaz & O’Kane +
Sisymbrium virgatum +
Alta. +, Sask. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
1000-3600 m +
Alkaline flats, plains, meadows, brushy hillsides, alpine areas, foothills, mountain slopes, ridges, dry knolls, grassy areas +
Flowering May–Jul. +
Arabidopsis stenocarpa +, Arabidopsis virgata +, Arabis brebneriana +, Beringia bursifolia subsp. virgata +, Halimolobos virgata +, Hesperis virgata +, Pilosella stenocarpa +, Pilosella virgata +, Stenophragma virgatum +  and Transberingia virgata +
Transberingia bursifolia subsp. virgata +
Transberingia bursifolia +
subspecies +