Berteroa incana (L.) DC.
hoary alyssum
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
hoary alyssum
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Gordon Neish (Photo ID #23661)
Species Information
General:
Biennial herb from a slender taproot; stems 30-110 cm tall, erect, branched, with starlike hairs.
Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate, entire, 3-5 cm long, slender-stalked; stem leaves appressed-ascending, short-stalked to unstalked and reduced upward; grey with starlike hairs.
Flowers:
In simple to compound racemes; flower stalks slender, erect, 5-10 mm long; petals white, deeply bilobed, 4-6 mm long; sepals hairy, not persistent, 2-3 mm long.
Fruits:
Elliptic silicles, erect, 5-7 mm long, about half as broad, moderately inflated; styles persistent, 2-3 mm long; seeds 3-7 per chamber, in 2 rows, lightly honeycombed and narrowly wing-margined.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Berteroa incana
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
676 | 570 | 945 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
10 | 3 | 30 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
238 | 161 | 332 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 3 | 4 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
4 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
IDF(4) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry fields and waste places in the steppe and montane zones; frequent in SC and SE BC; introduced from Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Alyssum incanum L.