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Idahoa scapigera

flatpod, scalepod
Habit Small, glabrous, acaulescent annual, the several, leafless scapes 3-13 cm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves numerous in a basal rosette, with slender petioles 1-3 times as long as the blades;

blades ovate, entire to lyrate, 5-15 mm. long.
Flowers

Flowers solitary on the scapes;

sepals 4, spreading, usually reddish or purplish;

petals 4, white, equaling the sepals;

stamens 5;

style almost lacking.
Fruits

Silicles orbicular to oblong-oval, 6-12 mm. long, strongly compressed.

Idahoa scapigera
Flowering time March-April
Habitat Sagebrush desert.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Idaho, and Nevada.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
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