Physaria brassicoides |
Physaria obdeltata |
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double bladderpod, double twinpod |
Middle Butte 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 (appressed in layers), 5–7-rayed, rays usually bifurcate, sometimes furcate, (thickened toward center). |
Stems | several from base, decumbent to ascending (arising laterally, unbranched, stout), (0.2–)0.5–1.7 dm. |
simple from base, prostrate to decumbent, (unbranched, from within and below leaf clusters, slender), 0.2–0.8 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). |
(tufted, erect or ascending, silvery); blade linear to oblanceolate or (outer) oblanceolate to obovate or rhombic, 1.5–3.3 cm, (base sometimes subhastate), margins entire or dentate, (often involute). |
Cauline leaves | blade oblanceolate to broadly spatulate, 1–2 cm (width 3–5 mm), margins entire, (apex obtuse to subacute). |
blade nearly linear, to 1.5 cm, margins entire. |
Racemes | moderately dense (or elongated). |
dense, (subcorymbose). |
Flowers | sepals linear-oblong, 6–8 mm; petals spatulate, 9–12 mm. |
sepals (yellow-green), lanceolate, (2.5–)3.5–4.5 mm; petals spatulate to oblanceolate, 4–6.5 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | (divergent, straight to somewhat curved or sigmoid), 5–12 mm. |
(recurved), 5–8 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. |
(usually pendent), obdeltate, compressed (angustiseptate), 2–4 mm, (wider than long, base tapered to acute angle, apex truncate with inflated shoulders); valves densely pubescent; (septum obsolete or with a narrow fringe inside of replum, funicles attached close to replum apex); ovules 4 per ovary; style 2–4 mm, (slender). |
Seeds | plump, (broad). |
plump, (mucilaginous when wetted). |
2n | = 8, 16. |
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Physaria brassicoides |
Physaria obdeltata |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering Jun(-Jul). |
Habitat | Bare hillsides, dry gravel and clay soil, badlands, clay knolls, banks | Clayey, silty, or gravelly soils, overlaying basalt lava flows, silty playas, sagebrush, barren areas |
Elevation | 900-1400 m (3000-4600 ft) | 1300-1700 m (4300-5600 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; MT; ND; NE; SD; WY
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Discussion | Physaria obdeltata is known from the eastern Snake River Plain. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 628. | FNA vol. 7, p. 654. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Lesquerella obdeltata | |
Name authority | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 237. (1902) | (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 326. (2002) |
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