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flat-pod, old-stem idahoa, scale-pod

Basal leaves

petiole (0.2–)0.5 2(–3) cm;

blade ovate, obovate, or spatulate, (0.3–)0.7–2(–2.5) cm × 2–8(–12) mm.

Flowers

sepals purplish, 1.5–1.8 × 0.5–0.8 mm, margins not hyaline;

petals 2–2.5 × 0.5–0.8 mm, attenuate to base;

filaments 1.4–1.6 mm;

anthers 0.15–0.2 mm, gynophore obsolete or, rarely, to 1 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

(2–)4–15(–22), straight, (15–)25–110(–130) mm.

Fruits

(0.5–)0.6–0.9(–1) cm (slightly longer than wide);

valves rounded at each end;

style subconical, 0.3–0.8 mm.

Seeds

strongly compressed, 3.5–5 mm diam., coarsely reticulate (except for wing);

wing 0.8–1.2 mm wide.

2n

= 16.

Idahoa scapigera

Phenology Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Sagebrush slopes and scabland, dry ground, rocky volcanic flats and outcrops, open moist slopes and banks, gravelly hills, meadows, rocky hillsides, seepy sunny slopes
Elevation 300-1700 m (1000-5600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; BC
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 567.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > Idahoa
Synonyms Platyspermum scapigerum
Name authority (Hooker) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 56: 474. (1913)
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