[Rockcresses: The Genera Arabis, Boechera and Turritis in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress

Boechera sparsiflora

Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora

Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora)

Sicklepod rockcress blooming along Forest Service Road #3521 about 200 meters east of the junction with FS Road #35, Wenatchee National Forest..............July 6, 2012.

Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora)

Sicklepod rockcress as seen to the northwest of Conconully, WA along the road at Lone Frank Pass, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Pass......July 29, 2018.

Close-up sideview of the flower of Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Developing pod of Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Flower of Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora)

Stem leaves of Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Basal and lower stem leaves of Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora)

Sicklepod rockcress blooming along Forest Service Road #3521 about 200 meters east of the junction with FS Road #35, Wenatchee National Forest..............July 6, 2012. Note the glabrous leaves, stems, petioles and calyces.

Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora)

Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora)

What may be sicklepod rockcress observed atop Hobart Bluff, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.......May 28, 2021.

Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora)

Sicklepod rockcress observed along the long ridgeline of Monte Cristo, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......June 18, 2021.

Basal leaf rosette of Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) - SSicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora) going to seed. - Basal leaf rosette of Sicklepod Rockcress, Black-flowered Rockcress, Elegant Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora (Synonyms: Arabis arcoidea, Arabis peramoena, Arabis polytricha, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena, Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora, Boechera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora)

Basal leaf rosettes and spreading pods of sicklepod rockcress as seen high atop the crest of Sulphur Ridge, South Fork Crooked River Wilderness Study Area..........October 25, 2015. Note the numerous forked hairs on the leaves, the entire leaf margins and spreading pods with down-drooping tips.
Paul Slichter