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Berlandier bladderpod

Habit Annuals; trichomes simple and branched. Annuals, biennials, or perennials; trichomes usually simple, sometimes mixed with branched, smaller ones.
Cauline leaves

blade base auriculate.

blade base cuneate to auriculate.

Fruits

inflated (often subglobose);

valves rounded (not keeled).

not inflated;

valves somewhat to strongly keeled.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Paysonia lasiocarpa subsp. lasiocarpa

Paysonia lasiocarpa subsp. berlandieri

Phenology Flowering Jan–Apr. Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat Inland areas on sandy, gravelly, and silty clay soils, roadsides, brushland, open hills Coastal plains, near beaches, open chaparral, sandy areas and flats with black, clayey soils
Elevation 0-200 m (0-700 ft) 0-200 m (0-700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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from FNA
TX; Mexico (Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 614. FNA vol. 7, p. 614.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Paysonia > Paysonia lasiocarpa Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Paysonia > Paysonia lasiocarpa
Sibling taxa
P. lasiocarpa subsp. berlandieri
P. lasiocarpa subsp. lasiocarpa
Synonyms Synthlipsis berlandieri, Lesquerella lasiocarpa subsp. berlandieri, Lesquerella lasiocarpa var. ampla, Lesquerella lasiocarpa var. berlandieri, Lesquerella lasiocarpa var. hispida, Synthlipsis berlandieri var. hispida
Name authority unknown (A. Gray) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 381. (2002)
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