View source for Boechera californica

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|accepted_name=Boechera californica
|accepted_authority=(Rollins) Windham & Al-Shehbaz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Harvard Pap. Bot.
|place=11: 260. 2007
|year=2007
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Arabis sparsiflora var. californica
|authority=Rollins
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Boechereae;Boechera;Boechera californica
|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 californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 357, 358, 362, 407
|treatment_page=page 369
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Perennials; usually long-lived; apomictic; caudex woody. <b>Stems</b> usually 1 per caudex branch, arising from center of rosette, elevated above ground surface on woody base, (2–)3.5–13 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes short-stalked, 2–4-rayed, 0.3–0.9 mm, moderately to sparsely pubescent distally. <b>Basal</b> leaves: blade linear to oblanceolate, 3–10(–13) mm wide, margins entire or denticulate, ciliate along petiole, trichomes to 1.3 mm, surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes short-stalked, 4–8-rayed, 0.2–0.5 mm. <b>Cauline</b> leaves: 12–35(–55), often concealing stem proximally; blade auricles 1–5(–6) mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves pubescent. <b>Racemes</b> 30–120-flowered, usually unbranched. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels descending to horizontal, usually recurved, rarely straight, 4–20 mm, pubescent, trichomes appressed, 3–7-rayed. <b>Flowers</b> divaricate-ascending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals usually purple, rarely pinkish, 9–14 × 1.5–3 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent (trichomes scattered abaxially); pollen spheroid. <b>Fruits</b> widely pendent, not appressed to rachis, not secund, usually curved, rarely straight, edges parallel, (6–)8–12 cm × 1.5–2.5 mm; valves glabrous or trichomes sometimes scattered; ovules 140–180 per ovary; style 0.05–0.3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> uniseriate or sub-biseriate, 1.7–2 × 1.2–1.7 mm; wing continuous, 0.2–0.4 mm wide.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Rocky slopes and gravelly soil in desert chaparral and oak woodlands
|elevation=300-2300 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p>Morphological evidence suggests that <i>Boechera californica</i> is an apomictic species that arose through hybridization between <i>B. arcuata</i> and <i>B. pulchra</i> (see M. D. Windham and I. A. Al-Shehbaz 2007 for detailed comparison). In the flora area, <i>B. californica</i> is known only from Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties.</p>
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name=Boechera californica
|author=
|authority=(Rollins) Windham & Al-Shehbaz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Arabis sparsiflora var. californica
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Rocky slopes and gravelly soil in desert chaparral and oak woodlands
|elevation=300-2300 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Harvard Pap. Bot.
|publication year=2007
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Boechereae
|genus=Boechera
|species=Boechera californica
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