Boechera pulchra, the beautiful rockcress, is a perennial plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae) found in the Mojave Desert and other dry regions of southern and eastern California and Nevada, and the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States, mostly below 8,000 feet (2,400 m) elevation.[2][3]: 114
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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: | Boechera |
| Species: | B. pulchra
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| Binomial name | |
| Boechera pulchra (M.E.Jones ex S.Watson) W.A.Weber
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Arabis pulchra M.E.Jones ex S.Watson | |
Description
editA long-lived perennial, it is usually 300–750 mm (12–30 in) tall from a woody base. Eight to twenty purple, rarely white, flowers are borne in a normally unbranched raceme. Petals are 9–16 mm (0.4–0.6 in) long and 2–5 mm (0.08–0.20 in) wide. Sepals are hairy.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Boechera pulchra (M.E.Jones ex S.Watson) W.A.Weber". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 September 2014 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Boechera pulchra". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7
- ^ "Boechera pulchra". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
External links
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