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Oregon twinpod

western bladderpod

Habit Plants cespitose, silvery pubescent; with simple caudices.
Stems

erect to decumbent, 10–35 cm.

Basal leaves

obovate, 4–6 cm, incised or toothed along petioles.

Cauline leaves

oblanceolate, 1.5–2.5 cm;

margins entire or dentate.

Inflorescences

fruiting pedicels spreading, curved upward, 10–20 mm.

Flowers

sepals oblong, 5–7 mm;

petals spatulate, 9–12 mm; lemon-yellow;

ovules 8 per ovary;

styles 1–2 mm.

Fruits

slightly angustiseptate; terete, 10–12 mm;

tips notched;

basal sinus lacking, retaining seeds after dehiscence;

valves strongly inflated; bladdery, rounded, not angled on back; replums lanceolate, 6–8 mm; narrower than fruits; acute at tips.

Seeds

not margined.

Trichomes

stipitate, with few forked rays, tuberculate.

2n

=8.

Physaria oregona

Physaria occidentalis

Distribution
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Discussion

Serpentine areas, rocky slopes, gravelly banks, dry hillsides. Flowering Apr–Jun. 500–1800 m. BW. ID. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 503
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Sibling taxa
P. chambersii, P. douglasii, P. geyeri, P. kingii, P. occidentalis
P. chambersii, P. douglasii, P. geyeri, P. kingii, P. oregona
Subordinate taxa
P. occidentalis ssp. occidentalis
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