Boechera sparsiflora

Boechera sparsiflora (formerly Arabis sparsiflora) is a species of rockcress known by the common names sicklepod rockcress and elegant rockcress. It is native to western North America from California to Utah to Yukon, where it can be found in a number of habitats. This is a coarsely hairy perennial herb growing one or more thick stems from a caudex. The stem may branch or not and it reaches up to 90 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves vary in shape from linear to arrowhead-like and may or may not have toothed edges. They are usually hairy and up to 8 or 10 centimeters long. The raceme inflorescence bears a number of flowers with spoon-shaped petals about a centimeter long in shades of purple or pink. The fruit is a large, curved silique 6 to 12 centimeters long.

Boechera sparsiflora
Boechera sparsiflora in Wenas Wildlife Area, Washington
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Boechera
Species:	B. sparsiflora
Binomial name
Boechera sparsiflora (Nutt.) Dorn 2001
Subspecies
Boechera sparsiflora var. subvillosa (S.Watson) Dorn
Synonyms
Arabis arcoidea A.Nelson Arabis columbiana Macoun Arabis peramoena Greene Arabis sparsiflora Nutt. Arabis sparsiflora var. columbiana (Macoun) Rollins Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena (Greene) Rollins Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora of B. s. var subvillosa Arabis arcuata var. subvillosa S.Watson Arabis campyloloba Greene Arabis elegans A.Nelson Arabis perelegans A.Nelson Arabis polytricha Greene Arabis sparsiflora var. subvillosa (S.Watson) Rollins Arabis subserrata Greene

External links

• Media related to Boechera sparsiflora at Wikimedia Commons
• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• "Boechera sparsiflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
• Photo gallery
• Boechera sparsiflora at The Plant List