Braya
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Brassicaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Genus Description - Sep somewhat cucullate; pet white or suffused with purple, oblong-obovate; short stamens subtended by a U-shaped gland; filaments flat; anthers cordate- ovate; ovary cylindric, with 2–several ovules per locule; style very short; stigma capitate; fr linear, often torulose, the valves with prominent midnerve and obscure secondary nerves, the septum composed of thick-walled elongate cells and appearing transversely striolate at 20 x; herbs with simple or branched hairs. 20, circumboreal.