Physaria ovalifolia |
Physaria oregona |
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Oregon twinpod |
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Habit | Plants cespitose, silvery pubescent; with simple caudices. | |
Stems | erect to decumbent, 10–35 cm. |
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Basal leaves | obovate, 4–6 cm, incised or toothed along petioles. |
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Cauline leaves | oblanceolate, 1.5–2.5 cm; margins entire or dentate. |
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Inflorescences | fruiting pedicels spreading, curved upward, 10–20 mm. |
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Flowers | sepals oblong, 5–7 mm; petals spatulate, 9–12 mm; lemon-yellow; ovules 8 per ovary; styles 1–2 mm. |
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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. |
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Seeds | not margined. |
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Trichomes | stipitate, with few forked rays, tuberculate. |
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2n | =8. |
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Physaria ovalifolia |
Physaria oregona |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Serpentine areas, rocky slopes, gravelly banks, dry hillsides. Flowering Apr–Jun. 500–1800 m. BW. ID. Native. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 503 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
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