Boechera arcuata (Elegant Rock Cress)

5/29/05 Idyllwild County Park, San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, CA

5/29/05 Idyllwild County Park

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Elegant Rock Cress

SPECIES: Boechera arcuata (formerly Arabis sparsiflora var. arcuata)

FAMILY: Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/29/2005

LOCATION: Idyllwild County Park, San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, CA 

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Stem: hairs ± dense, spreading, branched or not

Leaves: basal linear-oblanceolate, entire or toothed

Fruit: pedicel ascending; hairs ± dense, spreading

Ecology: Shrubland, woodland

Elevation: 700–1900 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada Foothills, Southwestern California 

Synonyms: A. a. A. Gray; including var. rubicundula Jeps