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Tower-mustard - Turritis glabra
Other Names:
Tower Rockcress,
Arabis glabra
General Description
Taprooted annual or biennial (monocarpic) with an unbranched caudex. Stems usually unbranched, 40–120 cm. Vestiture of simple or branched hairs on basal leaves and stem base, glabrous above. Basal leaves petiolate, oblong, shallowly dentate, 2–10 cm long. Stem leaves lance-shaped, auriculate, strongly clasping. Inflorescence an unbranched raceme. Flowers white; petals 4–6 mm long. Fruits siliques 5–10 cm × 1–1.5 mm, nearly terete, strictly erect (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Non-native
Range Comments
Circumboreal; widespread in North America. Apparently native in parts of the U.S. and Canada, but may be introduced in other parts.
Possibly introduced in parts of Canada (Moss, 1994). Native in the U.S. but apparently introduced from southern Alaska-Yukon-District of Mackenzie-British Columbia-Alberta to Saskatchawan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and perhaps New Brunswick (Scoggan, 1978). Rare in North Carolina and Virginia; possibly introduced there (Weakley, 2000).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 252
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Relative Density
Recency
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Habitat
Disturbed or sparsely vegetated soil of streambanks, meadows, grasslands, open forest; plains, valleys, montane (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Management
Stewardship Responsibility
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
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Ament, R.J. 1995. Pioneer Plant Communities Five Years After the 1988 Yellowstone Fires. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 216 p.- Clark, D. 1991. The effect of fire on Yellowstone ecosystem seed banks. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 115 pp.
- Jones, W. W. 1901. Preliminary flora of Gallatin County. M.S. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State College. 78 pp.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
- Quire, R.L. 2013. The sagebrush steppe of Montana and southeastern Idaho shows evidence of high native plant diversity, stability, and resistance to the detrimental effects of nonnative plant species. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 124 p.
- Saunders, J.K. Jr. 1955. Food habits and range use of the Rocky Mountain goat in the Crazy Mountains, Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 19(4):429-437.
- Saunders, J.K., Jr. 1954. A two-year investigation of the food habits and range use of the Rocky Mountain goat in the Crazy Mountains, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 22 p.
- Seipel, T.F. 2006. Plant species diversity in the sagebrush steppe of Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 87 p.
- Simanonok, M. 2018. Plant-pollinator network assembly after wildfire. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 123 p.
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