Biology:Boechera missouriensis
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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. missouriensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Boechera missouriensis (Greene) Al-Shehbaz
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Boechera missouriensis, commonly called Missouri rockcress,[1][2] is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). It is native to the eastern United States, where it has a highly fragmented range localized in the Northeast, the Upper Midwest, the Interior Highlands, and the Southeast.[3][4] Its natural habitat is typically on rocky or sandy woodlands and bluffs, in areas of acidic soil.[5][2] It is generally uncommon throughout most of its range, with exception for the Interior Highlands region.[6]
Boechera missouriensis is an erect biennial. It produces racemes of small creamy-white flowers in the spring.[7][5] It bears a resemblance to more widespread Boechera laevigata, from which Boechera missouriensis can be distinguished by the following characters: Stem leaves dense, erect, and overlapping, basal leaves persistent and pinnately lobed, petals about twice as long as sepals, and stems often red-tinged.[5][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alan Weakley (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States". http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Missouri Rock-cress (Boechera missouriensis) Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- ↑ Boechera missouriensis MissouriPlants
- ↑ "Borodinia missouriensis", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Borodinia%20missouriensis.png, retrieved 6 December 2019
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Yatskievych, George (2006). Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 669.
- ↑ Arabis missouriensis NatureServe
- ↑ Boechera missouriensis Flora of North America
Wikidata ☰ Q15536877 entry
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