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Boechera breweri

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Boechera breweri
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Boechera
Species:
B. breweri
Binomial name
Boechera breweri

Boechera breweri is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name Brewer's rockcress.

Distribution

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The plant is native to northern California and southern Oregon.

It grows in rocky areas in mountains and valleys, including in the northern Sierra Nevada and the Klamath Mountains.

Description

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Boechera brewer
Foliage
Flowers

Boechera breweri is a perennial herb growing from a woody, branching caudex. It produces hairy, erect stems to up to about 20 centimeters tall. There is a basal clump of leaves around the caudex. They are oval-shaped and up to 3 centimeters long. They are coated in forked hairs. There are also a few leaves farther up the plant with bases that clasp the stem.

The flowers have dark purple sepals and lighter purple petals. The fruit is a long, thin, ascending silique up to 6.5 centimeters long. The flowers have thick pinkish-purple sepals and spoon-shaped pink to purple petals.

The fruit is a long, narrow, purple silique which may be many centimeters long.

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