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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} |
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|regnum = [[Plant]]ae |
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|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |
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|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |
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|unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]] |
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|ordo = [[Brassicales]] |
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|familia = [[Brassicaceae]] |
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|binomial = ''Draba sharsmithii'' |
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'''''Draba sharsmithii''''' is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the [[Brassicaceae |
'''''Draba sharsmithii''''' is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the family [[Brassicaceae]] known by the common names '''Mt. Whitney draba''' and '''Sharsmith's draba'''. |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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''Draba sharsmithii'' is a small perennial herb forming dense mats or cushions of hairy, oval-shaped leaves each no more than a centimeter long. The erect [[inflorescence]] bears several yellow flowers. The fruit is a twisted, lance-shaped [[silique]] up to 2 centimeters long containing several unwinged seeds. |
''Draba sharsmithii'' is a small perennial herb forming dense mats or cushions of hairy, oval-shaped leaves each no more than a centimeter long. The erect [[inflorescence]] bears several yellow flowers. The fruit is a twisted, lance-shaped [[silique]] up to 2 centimeters long containing several unwinged seeds. |
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==Distribution== |
==Distribution== |
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''Draba sharsmithii'' is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the southern [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] of [[California]], where it is known from fewer than ten occurrences in rocky [[alpine climate|alpine]] and [[subalpine]] habitat. |
''Draba sharsmithii'' is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the southern [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] of [[California]], where it is known from fewer than ten occurrences in rocky [[alpine climate|alpine]] and [[subalpine]] habitat. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250094834 Flora of North America] |
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250094834 Flora of North America] |
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*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Draba+sharsmithii ''Draba sharsmithii'' - Photo gallery] |
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Draba+sharsmithii ''Draba sharsmithii'' - Photo gallery] |
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[[Category:Draba|sharsmithii]] |
[[Category:Draba|sharsmithii]] |
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[[Category:Endemic flora of California]] |
[[Category:Endemic flora of California]] |
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[[Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada |
[[Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)]] |
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[[Category:Plants described in 1991]] |
[[Category:Plants described in 1991]] |
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[[Category:Critically endangered flora of California]] |
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{{Brassicales-stub}} |
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[[az:Draba sharsmithii]] |
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Latest revision as of 13:22, 29 September 2021
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Draba |
| Species: | D. sharsmithii
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| Binomial name | |
| Draba sharsmithii Rollins & R.A.Price
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Draba sharsmithii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common names Mt. Whitney draba and Sharsmith's draba.
Description
[edit]Draba sharsmithii is a small perennial herb forming dense mats or cushions of hairy, oval-shaped leaves each no more than a centimeter long. The erect inflorescence bears several yellow flowers. The fruit is a twisted, lance-shaped silique up to 2 centimeters long containing several unwinged seeds.
Distribution
[edit]Draba sharsmithii is endemic to the southern Sierra Nevada of California, where it is known from fewer than ten occurrences in rocky alpine and subalpine habitat.