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Boechera quebecensis
Also called Limestone Rockcress, Québec Rockcress
Boechera quebecensis, commonly known as the Quebec rockcress, is a critically imperiled herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial flowering plant in the Brassicaceae family. It is endemic to limestone cliffs and escarpments of the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada.
The Quebec rockcress is known from five locations across the Gaspé Peninsula. These locations are Cap du Corbeau, Rimouski (containing the largest extant subpopulation); La Muraille, Percé; Lac de la Falaise; Hâtée River, Rimouski; and Mont Saint-Alban, Forillon National Park (the smallest subpopulation, at three mature individuals).
Boechera constancei · Brewer's rockcress · Cobre rockcress · Crandall's Rockcress · Pinyon Rockcress · Grouse Creek Rockcress · Mt. Sapphire Rockcress · Gunnison's Rockcress · Hoffmann's Rockcress · Holboell's Rockcress · Lemmon's Rockcress · Ophir Pass Rockcress
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Boechera quebecensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
