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white bluffs bladderpod

Cauline leaves

imbricate, blade sometimes orbicular.

Fruit

valves: trichomes stalked.

Physaria douglasii subsp. tuplashensis

Phenology Flowering May–Jun(-Aug).
Habitat Caliche soil with sagebrush
Elevation 300 m [1000 ft]
Distribution
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WA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

It is possible that subsp. tuplashensis is simply an ecotype, or that its phenotype is in response to its severe habitat on the White Bluffs of the Columbia River.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria > Physaria douglasii
Sibling taxa
P. douglasii subsp. douglasii
Synonyms Lesquerella tuplashensis
Name authority (Rollins: Novon 12: 322. (2002)
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 635. Treatment author: Steve L. O’Kane Jr..
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