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Boechera pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Boechera
Species:	B. pulchra
Binomial name
Boechera pulchra (M.E.Jones ex S.Watson) W.A.Weber
Synonyms
Arabis pulchra M.E.Jones ex S.Watson

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.

Description

A 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.

References

1. "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 Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
2. Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Boechera pulchra". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
3. 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
4. "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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