Sophia glandulifera Rydb.

  • Authority

    New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Family

    Brassicaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sophia glandulifera Rydb.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Biennial. Stem simple below, branched above, about 6 dm. high, slightly grayish pubescent with branched hairs, decidedly glandular-viscid above; branches spreading, with upwardly curved ends: leaves pubescent and viscid, bipinnately divided; segments linear-lanceolate or of the upper leaves filiform, acute or attenuate: flowers light yellow: petals scarcely exceeding the sepals: pedicels very short in flower; in fruit 4-6 mm. long, ascending or almost erect: pods 8-10 mm. long, erect, more or less curved, especially those of the branches, scarcely exceeding 7 mm. in width, more or less constricted between the seeds; beak slender, short, about .5 mm. long: seeds uniserial, red, a little over 1 mm. long.

  • Discussion

    This species has the short pedicels and erect pods of 5. Hartivegiana, but the pod of the latter is more slender, and often curved, the whole plant is greener and conspicuously glandular, and the se2:ments of the leaves are more slender. The latter character and the short ascending or erect pedicels distinguish it from S. incisa Engelm. It grows at an altitude of 1000-1500 m.

    Wyoming : Rolling plains between Sheridan and Buffalo, 1900, F. Tweedy 3592.

  • Distribution

    Wyoming

    Wyoming United States of America North America|