Boechera rollei Calflora

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Taxon Report

Boechera rollei (Rollins) Al-Shehbaz

Rolle's rockcress

Boechera rollei is a perennial herb that is native to California.

also called Arabis rollei

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~5 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Boechera
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Ultramafic affinity: 6 - strict endemic

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Arabis rollei

Information about Boechera rollei from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 1B.1 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[explorer.natureserve.org] Limited Range: This species is known only from the vicinity of the type locality on the divide between the Applegate and Klamath rivers in Siskiyou County, California. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/08/2025).