Physaria alpestris |
Physaria brassicoides |
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alpine twin-pod, Washington bladder-pod, Washington twin-pod |
double bladderpod, double twinpod |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex usually simple, rarely branched, (cespitose); (silvery) pubescent throughout, trichomes several-rayed, rays (1- or) 2-bifurcate, (low-umbonate, tubercles relatively few, small). | Perennials; (somewhat compact); caudex branched, (relatively large); (silvery) pubescent throughout, trichomes (sessile), several-rayed, rays furcate, (slightly umbonate, tuberculate throughout). |
Stems | several from base, decumbent to ascending, (unbranched), 0.5–1.5 dm. |
several from base, decumbent to ascending (arising laterally, unbranched, stout), (0.2–)0.5–1.7 dm. |
Basal leaves | (petiole slender); blade obovate, 3–5 cm (width 10–20 mm, base tapering abruptly to petiole), margins entire, (apex rarely slightly acute). |
(petiole somewhat winged); blades orbicular to obovate, 2–6 cm (width 1–2.5 cm, thick), margins usually repand, rarely entire, (adaxial surface scurfy). |
Cauline leaves | blade oblanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm (width 3–5 mm), margins entire. |
blade oblanceolate to broadly spatulate, 1–2 cm (width 3–5 mm), margins entire, (apex obtuse to subacute). |
Racemes | subcorymbose. |
moderately dense (or elongated). |
Flowers | sepals oblong, 8–10 mm; petals spatulate, 12–14 mm. |
sepals linear-oblong, 6–8 mm; petals spatulate, 9–12 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | (divaricate, straight), 5–10 mm. |
(divergent, straight to somewhat curved or sigmoid), 5–12 mm. |
Fruits | didymous, mostly highly inflated (strongly flattened at least in 1/2 toward replum), 14–18 × 14–18 mm, (papery, basal sinus slightly notched, apical open, shallow); valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), evenly pubescent; replum lanceolate, 7–10 mm, width 1.5–2.5 mm, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex acute to acuminate; ovules 8–10 per ovary; style 5–7 mm. |
(erect), didymous, cordate, moderately inflated, (6–)10–20 × 10–23 mm, (papery, base obtuse or with obscure sinus, apical sinus deep, broad); valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), densely and loosely pubescent, trichomes spreading; replum linear-oblong, constricted, as wide as or wider than fruit; ovules 4 per ovary; style 4–5(–9) mm. |
Seeds | flattened, (2–3 mm). |
plump, (broad). |
2n | = 48–52, 52, 64, 67–70. |
= 8, 16. |
Physaria alpestris |
Physaria brassicoides |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Alpine scree, rocky ridges, talus slopes, volcanic sands and gravel, serpentine gravel, granitic slopes, mountain shrub, subalpine fir, and whitebark pine communities | Bare hillsides, dry gravel and clay soil, badlands, clay knolls, banks |
Elevation | (700-)1300-2400 m ((2300-)4300-7900 ft) | 900-1400 m (3000-4600 ft) |
Distribution |
WA
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CO; MT; ND; NE; SD; WY
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 624. | FNA vol. 7, p. 628. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Lesquerella alpestris | |
Name authority | Suksdorf: W. Amer. Sci. 15: 58. (1906) | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 237. (1902) |
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