Boechera elkoensis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Boechera elkoensis Windham & Al-Shehbaz

Elko rockcress

2003 Steve Matson

2009 Thomas Stoughton

Boechera elkoensis is a perennial herb that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~19 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Boechera
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Arabis platysperma var. platysperma

Information about Boechera elkoensis from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/21/2025).