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spectacle pod, touristplant, Wislizeni's spectaclepod

Habit Annuals.
Stems

unbranched or branched basally, branched distally, (1–)2–6(–8) dm.

Basal leaves

petiole 1–4(–5) cm;

blade lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, (2–)3–7(–10) cm × 4–15(–20) mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins pinnately lobed to coarsely dentate.

Cauline leaves

(proximalmost) petiole 1–4(–5) cm, (distalmost) shortly petiolate or subsessile;

blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, base cuneate, margins usually entire, rarely dentate, or repand.

Flowers

sepals (2.5–)3–4 × 1–1.5 mm, pubescent abaxially;

petals white or lavender, 4–7(–8) × (2.5–)3–4(–5) mm, attenuate to claw, claw 1–1.5 mm, expanded basally;

filaments white, 2–3.5 mm;

anthers 0.7–1 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate to slightly reflexed, (6–)8–14(–22) mm.

Fruits

each valve usually transversely ovoid-oblong, rarely suborbicular, 4–5.5(–6) × (4–)5–7(–7.5) mm (often longer than wide), base slightly rounded, apex truncate, with or without narrow wing beyond indurated part surrounding seeds, glabrous or pubescent;

style 0.5–1(–1.2) mm.

Seeds

suborbicular-ovoid, 2–3 × 1.5–2 mm.

2n

= 18.

Dimorphocarpa wislizeni

Phenology Flowering Feb–Oct.
Habitat Sandy roadsides, sandstone knolls, sand hills and dunes, sandy streambeds and dry washes, desert flats
Elevation 1000-2200 m (3300-7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; NV; TX; UT; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 606.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Dimorphocarpa
Sibling taxa
D. candicans, D. pinnatifida
Synonyms Dithyrea wislizeni, Biscutella wislizeni, Dithyrea griffithsii, Dithyrea wislizeni var. griffithsii
Name authority (Engelmann) Rollins: Publ. Bussey Inst. Harvard Univ. 1979: 24. (1979)
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