Boechera shockleyi
Shockley's rockcress
Family: Brassicaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Conservation status: CNPS 2B.2
Shockley's rockcress is a rare (CNPS 2B.2) California native perennial found in the Sonoran Borders, White and Inyo Mountains, and Desert Mountains on rock outcrops and gravelly dolomite soils at elevations of 1,200 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from April to May, this plant produces lavender flowers 6 to 9 millimeters long with delicate petals. Growing 20 to 50 centimeters tall with stems emerging from a dense basal rosette, it features distinctive short-stalked, 7 to 12-rayed hairs along its lower stem. Its basal leaves are entire and 3 to 10 millimeters wide, with short-stalked branched hairs covering the leaf surfaces. The fruit is a long, spreading-ascending silique 4.5 to 11 centimeters in length, containing 140 to 190 seeds arranged in two rows.
Habitat: rock outcrops, gravelly soil, generally dolomite
Bloom period: Apr-May
Elevation: 1200-2500 m
Bioregions: SnBr, W&I, DMtns
California counties: San Bernardino, Inyo, Tulare, Mono
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