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Geyer's twinpod

Habit Gray-stellate perennial herb from a branched crown, the many, simple stems erect to decumbent, 1-2 dm. tall.
Leaves

Basal leaves 3-6 cm. long, the blades entire, obovate to nearly round, narrowed abruptly to broad petioles 2-3 times as long;

cauline leaves alternate, several, much reduced, oblanceolate.

Flowers

Inflorescence of many-flowered, elongate, bractless racemes; pedicles 6-20 mm. long, ascending to reflexed, somewhat S-shaped;

sepals 4, purplish, stellate, the outer pair slightly saccate at the base;

petals 4, yellow, spatulate, 5-11 mm. long;

stamens 6;

style 4-7 mm. long.

Fruits

Silicles strongly inflated, obcompressed, obtuse to truncate at the base, 5-7 mm. long and slightly wider, with a broad, open, apical sinus about 2 mm. deep.

Physaria newberryi

Physaria geyeri

Flowering time May-July
Habitat Gravelly stream banks and hillsides.
Distribution
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in eastern Washington; eastern Washington to eastern Oregon, east to Idaho and Montana.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. alpestris, P. didymocarpa, P. douglasii, P. geyeri, P. occidentalis, P. oregona
P. alpestris, P. didymocarpa, P. douglasii, P. occidentalis, P. oregona
Subordinate taxa
P. geyeri ssp. geyeri
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