Physaria geyeri |
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Geyer's bladderpod, Geyer's twin-pod |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex usually simple, (cespitose); (silvery) pubescent throughout, trichomes (sessile), 6–8-rayed, rays mostly furcate, (tuberculate to nearly smooth). | ||||
Stems | several from base, decumbent, (arising laterally, unbranched), 1–3 dm. |
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Basal leaves | (numerous); (petiole slender, rarely with a few broad teeth); blade obovate, 3–7 cm, margins entire. |
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Cauline leaves | blade oblanceolate, 1.5–3 cm, margins entire. |
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Racemes | loose. |
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Flowers | sepals oblong, 5–7 mm; petals (yellow to purplish), spatulate, 8–12 mm. |
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Fruiting pedicels | (ascending or spreading, slightly curved or sigmoid), 1–2 cm. |
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Fruits | obcordate, angustiseptate, somewhat inflated, (not bladdery), 5–7 × 6–9 mm, (papery, basal sinus absent, apical sinus broad and open); valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), loosely pubescent, trichomes spreading; replum ovate, 5–7 mm, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex acute or obtuse; ovules 4–6 per ovary; style 5–7 mm. |
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Physaria geyeri |
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Distribution |
ID; MT; OR; WA
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 638. | ||||
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | ||||
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Synonyms | Vesicaria geyeri, Coulterina geyeri, Lesquerella geyeri | ||||
Name authority | (Hooker) A. Gray: Gen. Amer. Bor. 1: 162. (1848) | ||||
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