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Boechera shockleyi  (Munz) Dorn
Shockley's rock cress
Boechera shockleyi is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Arabis shockleyi
California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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~124 records in California
yellowone or more occurrences
within a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Genus: Boechera
Family: Brassicaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS
Alternate Names:
JEF + CNPSArabis shockleyi
Information about  Boechera shockleyi from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.
Jepson eFlora

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[floranorthamerica.org] Description: Boechera shockleyi is a distinctive sexual species recognizable by the combination of strongly overlapping cauline leaves, a dense covering of minute, 7 - 12 - rayed trichomes, and relatively long, curved, divaricate - ascending fruits with sub - biseriate seeds. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)


Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 11/21/2024).