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Columbia rockcress

Boechera pauciflora (Nutt.) Windham & Al-Shehbaz
Columbia rockcress
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Boechera pauciflora, known as Columbia rockcress, is a species in the Brassicaceae family, native to regions including British Columbia, Yukon, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. It was published in 2007 and classified under the genus Boechera.

Description

Boechera pauciflora (Nutt.) Windham & Al-Shehbaz is a member of the Brassicaceae family, commonly referred to as the mustard family. This species is distributed across several western North American regions, including British Columbia, Yukon, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. It was formally published in 2007 and belongs to the genus Boechera, a group of plants often found in rocky and alpine habitats. The species is known by the common name Columbia rockcress in English.

Other common names

Columbia rockcressfuzzy suncresshairy-stemmed rockcress

Distribution

British Columbia · Yukon · California · Idaho · Montana · Nevada · Oregon · Utah · Washington · Wyoming

Synonyms

Arabis arcuata var. subvillosaArabis columbianaArabis elegansArabis elegansArabis perelegansArabis sparsiflora var. columbianaArabis sparsiflora var. subvillosaBoechera sparsiflora var. subvillosaHesperis paucifloraSisymbrium pauciflorum

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