Boechera pinetorum

Woodland rockcress

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Woodland rockcress is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges and Sierra Nevada Mountains on rock outcrops, gravelly soil, and open conifer forest at elevations of 1,100 to 3,200 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white to lavender flowers 4 to 6 millimeters long with delicate, narrow petals. Growing 20 to 96 centimeters tall with stems emerging from a basal rosette, it has distinctive multi-rayed hairs on its lower stem and leaves. Its basal leaves are 2 to 11 millimeters wide, entire to minutely dentate, with short-stalked, multi-rayed hairs covering the surface. The fruit is a slender, reflexed silique 4.5 to 8.5 centimeters long, typically glabrous with 70 to 110 seeds arranged in a single row.

Habitat: rock outcrops, gravelly soil, in meadows, open conifer forest

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1100-3200 m

Bioregions: KR, SNH

California counties: Inyo, San Bernardino, El Dorado, Mono, Placer, Madera, Fresno, Nevada, Plumas, Alpine, Amador, Siskiyou, Tulare, Tuolumne, Trinity, Mariposa, Modoc, Lassen, Tehama, Sierra, Glenn, Shasta, Mendocino, San Diego

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.