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Published In: Das Pflanzenreich IV. 105(Heft 84): 363. 1924. (22 Jul 1924) (Pflanzenr.)

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1. Eremodraba intricatissima (Philippi) O. E. Schulz, Pflanzenreich IV. 105(Heft 86): 363. 1924; Draba intricatissima Philippi, Anal. Mus. Nac. Chile Bot. 8(2): 5. 1891; Sisymbrium intricatissimum (Philippi) Reiche, Fl. Chile 75. 1895; Hesperis intricatissima (Philippi) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 5. 1898. TYPE: Chile, [Región I] Tarapacá, between Moch and Guavina, 12 Mar 1885, C. Rahmer s.n. (holotype, SGO!).

Stems 10-50 cm tall. Basal leaves not seen; middle and upper cauline leaves somewhat fleshy, oblong to linear, 0.7-5 cm long, 1-4 mm wide, base auriculate to sagittate-amplexicaul, margin entire. Raceme rachis strongly flexuous; fruiting pedicels divaricate, straight, 6-8 mm long. Sepals erect to spreading, oblong, 1.8-2 mm long, 0.9-1 mm wide, caducous or persistent, margin scarious; petals spatulate, 2.5-3 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide; filaments 1.5-2 mm long; anthers ovate, 0.6-0.7 mm long. Fruit narrowly oblong-lanceolate, straight, 11-17 mm long, 2-2.5 mm wide; valves obscurely veined, base obtuse, apex acute-acuminate; style 0.2-0.3 mm long. Seeds subbiseriate, 1.1-1.2 mm long, 0.6-0.7 mm wide.