Physaria brassicoides |
Physaria klausii |
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double bladderpod, double twinpod |
Rogers Pass or klaus' or divide bladderpod |
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Habit | Perennials; (somewhat compact); caudex branched, (relatively large); (silvery) pubescent throughout, trichomes (sessile), several-rayed, rays furcate, (slightly umbonate, tuberculate throughout). | Perennials; caudex simple; densely pubescent, trichomes (loosely spreading), 3–5-rayed, rays distinct, furcate (with exceptionally long branches). |
Stems | several from base, decumbent to ascending (arising laterally, unbranched, stout), (0.2–)0.5–1.7 dm. |
simple from base, erect to decumbent, (slender), 0.6–1.5 dm. |
Basal leaves | (petiole somewhat winged); blades orbicular to obovate, 2–6 cm (width 1–2.5 cm, thick), margins usually repand, rarely entire, (adaxial surface scurfy). |
blades obovate to deltate, 1.5–3(–4) cm, margins entire or outer one with 1 or 2 broad teeth. |
Cauline leaves | blade oblanceolate to broadly spatulate, 1–2 cm (width 3–5 mm), margins entire, (apex obtuse to subacute). |
blade oblanceolate to spatulate, 0.6–1.5 cm, margins entire. |
Racemes | moderately dense (or elongated). |
loose. |
Flowers | sepals linear-oblong, 6–8 mm; petals spatulate, 9–12 mm. |
sepals (green-yellow, often tinged with purple), elliptic, 3–4.6 mm; petals oblanceolate, 6–8 mm (claw expanded). |
Fruiting pedicels | (divergent, straight to somewhat curved or sigmoid), 5–12 mm. |
(sigmoid), 5–9 mm. |
Fruits | (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. |
(depressed), broadly obovate, compressed (angustiseptate), 2–4 mm, (apex slightly bilobed to nearly truncate); valves densely pubescent, trichomes strongly ascending, spreading, long, (appearing fuzzy), pubescent inside; ovules 4 per ovary; style 3–4 mm, (pubescent or glabrous). |
Seeds | plump, (broad). |
flattened. |
2n | = 8, 16. |
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Physaria brassicoides |
Physaria klausii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering Jul. |
Habitat | Bare hillsides, dry gravel and clay soil, badlands, clay knolls, banks | Open gravel slides, solifluction cross-stripes of shale rubble, barren shale-derived soil |
Elevation | 900-1400 m (3000-4600 ft) | 1200-1900 m (3900-6200 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; MT; ND; NE; SD; WY
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MT |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 628. | FNA vol. 7, p. 647. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Lesquerella klausii | |
Name authority | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 237. (1902) | (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 325. (2002) |
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