Physaria kingii |
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King's bladderpod |
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Habit | Plants caudices present. |
Stems | prostrate or decumbent to ascending or erect, 5–20(40) cm. |
Basal leaves | suborbicular, oblanceolate, elliptic, or rhombic; (1.2)2–6(8) cm; margins entire, sinuate, or lobed. |
Cauline leaves | obovate to elliptic, 0.5–2 cm. |
Inflorescences | fruiting pedicels straight, recurved, or sigmoid, 4.5–10(15) mm. |
Flowers | sepals lanceolate, 4–6(7) mm; petals obovate to oblanceolate, 6–13 mm, yellow; creamy white, or white; styles 2–9 mm. |
Fruits | subglobose to obovoid; terete, 3.2–9 mm; tips not notched, usually shedding seeds during dehiscence; valves densely pubescent outside, glabrous or sparsely pubescent inside; replums as wide as fruits. |
Trichomes | 3–7-rayed; rays distinct or basally united, 1–3-forked at base, sessile or short-stalked. |
Physaria kingii |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Western US. 7 subspecies; 2 subspecies treated in Flora. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 502 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
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Synonyms | Lesquerella kingii |
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