Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, and east across Canada to Ontario.
Habitat: Sagebrush desert to forest openings at middle elevations.
Flowers: April-June
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Biennial, Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, flies, butterflies
Biennials and short-lived perennials; base of plant (caudex) simple or branched typically with single flowering stem arising from each caudex branch; basal rosette usually present.
Leaves simple; basal leaves oblanceolate, entire or dentate, pubescent above; cauline leaves auriculate (clasping at base), glabrous to pubescent.
Inflorescence a raceme with 15-100 flowers; sepals and petals 4; petals white to lavender, 4-8 mm long; flowers hanging downward.
Siliques strongly reflexed, appressed to raceme, oriented somewhat to one side, 3-9 cm. long at maturity; seeds winged, 60-100 per silique.
Publication: Taxon. 31: 125. 1982.
Arabis holboellii Hornem. var. retrofracta (Graham) Rydb. [HC]
Arabis holboellii Hornem. var. secunda (Howell) Jeps. [ILBC2]
Arabis retrofracta Graham
Arabis secunda Howell [Abrams]
Boechera holboellii (Hornem.) Á. Löve & D. Löve, misapplied [FNA7]
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Boechera retrofracta in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Boechera retrofracta checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Boechera retrofracta information.
E-Flora BC: Boechera retrofracta atlas page.
CalPhotos: Boechera retrofracta photos.
USDA Plants: Boechera retrofracta information.
