Participant Info

Species

Boechera pendulina [Arabis pendulina] [Arabis demissa] [Boechera demissa] [etc.]

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

rabbit-ear rockcress

Presence

maybe

Status

native

EarliestDate

1999

LatestDate

2018

Ecosystem

montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, SSanjuans

Counties

Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. For Boechera pendulina, there are three voucher records (all 1999) from the south Sawatch Range and the north Cristos foothills: about 5 miles NW of Saguache; 4 miles NNW of Saguache near Cottonwood Spring; and 1 mile E of Alder. BONAP does not accept these records, but Ackerfield (2022) does. B. pendulina is very similar to B. oxylobula, although the first has biseriate seeds, the second uniseriate. The species is either sexual or apomictic (sometimes hybridizing with B. fendleri). The USA range, according to BONAP, is western Nevada, Utah, northern Arizona, southwestern Wyoming, and northeastern Colorado.

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