General:
Tufted perennial from a heavy-rooted, often branched stem-base; stems numerous, decumbent, 2-17 cm long, with silvery starlike hairs, these not closely appressed.
Leaves:
Basal leaves numerous, in a rosette, withering and persistent, 2-8 cm long, blades egg-shaped, mostly obtuse, with few inconspicuous teeth or toothed, rarely entire, with narrow to wide winged stalks, these about as long as the blades, silvery; stem leaves several, reduced, oblanceolate, entire or with occasional tooth.
Flowers:
Racemes congested, elongating in fruit; flower stalks spreading, straight or slightly curved, 8-12 mm long; petals yellow, 9-12 mm long, broadly spoon-shaped or egg-shaped.
Fruits:
Silicles, paired, much-inflated, 1-2 cm long, at least as wide, base very slightly heart-shaped, apical sinus narrow, nearly closed, 2-4 mm deep, loosely hairy with rays of hairs spreading; beaks 6-9 mm long; seeds 2-3 per chamber.
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
1783 | 1050 | 2180 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
58 | 54 | 65 |
Aspect (degrees) |
194 | 106 | 225 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 1 | 3 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
E | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
4 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
ESSF(2), IDF(1) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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