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Streptanthus howellii
S. Watson
Family:
Brassicaceae
Howell's Jewelflower
FNA
Resources
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz in Flora of North America (vol. 7)
Perennials;
(caudex simple or branched); (glaucous), glabrous.
Stems
usually unbranched, rarely branched distally, 3-8 dm.
Basal leaves
(soon withered); not rosulate; petiolate; blade (somewhat fleshy), similar to cauline.
Cauline leaves
(petiolate); blade broadly spatulate-obovate to suborbicular, or (distally) narrowly oblong-oblanceolate to linear, 1.5-10 cm × 5-45 mm, base (distally) cuneate to attenuate, not auriculate, margins entire, repand, or obtusely dentate, (entire distally).
Racemes
ebracteate, (lax).
Fruiting pedicels
divaricate to ascending, (straight), 7-17 mm.
Flowers:
calyx subcampanulate; sepals purplish, oblong, 5-8 mm, not keeled; petals maroon to purple, 8-12 mm, blade 3-5 × 0.5-1 mm, margins not crisped, claw 5-7 mm, wider than blade; stamens in 3 unequal pairs; filaments (distinct): abaxial pair 5-6 mm, lateral pair 4-5 mm, adaxial pair 6-7 mm; anthers (all) fertile, 3-3.5 mm; gynophore 0.5-5 mm.
Fruits
divaricate-ascending, smooth, straight to slightly curved inwards, flattened, 5.5-12 cm × 2.5-3.2(-3.5) mm; valves each with prominent midvein; replum straight; ovules 24-44 per ovary; style 0.3-3 mm; stigma subentire.
Seeds
broadly oblong to suborbicular, 3-4 × 2-3 mm; wing 0.5-1.1 mm wide, continuous.
2
n
= 28.
Flowering Jun-Jul. Dry serpentine slopes and ridges in open conifer-hardwood forests; of conservation concern; 600-800 m; Calif., Oreg.
Streptanthus howellii
is known from the Klamath Mountains in California (Del Norte and Siskiyou counties) and Oregon (Curry and Josephine counties).
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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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