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Physaria alpestris

Physaria congesta
Physaria alpestris

alpine twinpod, Washington twinpod
Habit Perennial herbs from a thick, branched crown, the numerous, erect to decumbent stems 5-15 cm. long; herbage silvery with tiny, appressed stellate hairs.
Leaves

Basal leaves numerous, 4-8 cm. long, the blade entire, oblanceolate or obovate, tapered to a slender petiole at least as long;

cauline leaves alternate, reduced, oblanceolate.

Flowers

Inflorescence of short, crowded, bractless racemes; pedicles ascending, 10-15 mm. long;

sepals 4, the outer pair saccate at the base;

petals 4, yellow, spatulate, 8-14 mm. long;

stamens 6;

style 5-7 mm. long.

Fruits

Silicles strongly inflated, developed in pairs, 14-18 mm. long and broad, shallowly cordate at the base, the apical sinus open, 2-3 mm. deep.

Physaria alpestris

Physaria congesta
Flowering time April-July
Habitat Open rocky areas, scree and talus slopes, middle to high elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to Chelan, Kittitas and Yakima counties.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. didymocarpa, P. douglasii, P. geyeri, P. occidentalis, P. oregona
P. alpestris, P. didymocarpa, P. douglasii, P. geyeri, P. occidentalis, P. oregona
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