Boechera Oxylobula
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''Boechera oxylobula,'' common name Glenwood Springs rockcress, is a plant species referred to as ''Arabis demissa'' in many older publications. The species is
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Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
. It is known only from Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale,
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, and Saguache counties in the central part of the state. It is found in open, rocky locations such as cliff faces, rocky slopes, and gravelly soil in brush.Flora of North America v 7 p 391
/ref> ''Boechera oxylobula'' is a perennial herb with several stems arising from a basal rosette. Leaves are linear, up to 2.5 mm (0.1 inches) wide. Flowers are white to pale lavender, borne in a terminal
raceme A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...
.Weber, William Alfred. Phytologia. 51: 370. 1982.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15536069 oxylobula Flora of Colorado