Boechera pulchra

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|genus = Boechera

|species = pulchra

|authority = (M.E.Jones ex S.Watson) W.A.Weber

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|synonyms = Arabis pulchra {{au|M.E.Jones ex S.Watson}}

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Boechera pulchra, the beautiful rockcress, is a perennial plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae) found in the Mojave Desert and other dry regions of southern and eastern California and Nevada, and the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States, mostly below {{Convert|8000|feet|-2}} elevation.{{cite web | url= http://www.wildflowersearch.com/search?&PlantName=Boechera+pulchra | last= Sullivan | first= Steven. K. | date= 2018 | title= Boechera pulchra | website= Wildflower Search | accessdate= 2018-07-06 }}Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, {{ISBN|978-0-7627-7013-7}}{{rp|114}}

Description

A long-lived perennial, it is usually {{Convert|300|-|750|mm|abbr=on}} tall from a woody base. Eight to twenty purple, rarely white, flowers are borne in a normally unbranched raceme. Petals are {{Convert|9|-|16|mm|1|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|2|-|5|mm|2|abbr=on}} wide. Sepals are hairy.{{cite web | url= http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=Boechera%20pulchra | date= 2018 | title= Boechera pulchra | website= in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora | publisher= Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley | accessdate= 2018-07-06}}

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Category:Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region

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