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Geyer's bladderpod, Geyer's twin-pod

sheep mountain bladderpod

Habit Perennials; caudex usually simple, (cespitose); (silvery) pubescent throughout, trichomes (sessile), 6–8-rayed, rays mostly furcate, (tuberculate to nearly smooth). Perennials; caudex branched, (thickened, cespitose); densely pubescent, trichomes 5- or 6-rayed, rays slightly fused at base, furcate or bifurcate, (tuberculate throughout).
Stems

several from base, decumbent, (arising laterally, unbranched), 1–3 dm.

few from base, well-exserted from basal leaves, 0.4–1(–1.2) dm.

Basal leaves

(numerous); (petiole slender, rarely with a few broad teeth);

blade obovate, 3–7 cm, margins entire.

blade (erect), obovate to orbicular, 1.5–2.5 cm, (base evidently distinct from petiole), margins entire, (folded).

Cauline leaves

blade oblanceolate, 1.5–3 cm, margins entire.

blade spatulate, margins entire.

Racemes

loose.

compact, subumbellate.

Flowers

sepals oblong, 5–7 mm;

petals (yellow to purplish), spatulate, 8–12 mm.

sepals (pale yellow), 4–5 mm;

petals lingulate, 6–7 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

(ascending or spreading, slightly curved or sigmoid), 1–2 cm.

(ascending, curved to slightly sigmoid), 5–8 mm.

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.

ovoid to ellipsoid, slightly inflated, (apex not compressed), 3–4 mm;

valves pubescent, trichomes erect on mature fruits, (± appearing fuzzy);

ovules 8 per ovary;

style 4–5 mm, (glabrous).

Seeds

plump.

Physaria geyeri

Physaria eriocarpa

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Windswept ridge lines and mountain peaks in limestone rubble and cobbles
Elevation 2600-3000 m (8500-9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; MT; OR; WA
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[BONAP county map]
from FNA
MT
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Of conservation concern.

Physaria eriocarpa is known from Sheep Mountain.

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

Key
1. Replum apices acute; ovules 4 per ovary; petals yellow, drying yellow.
subsp. geyeri
1. Replum apices obtuse; ovules usually 6 per ovary; petals purplish or light yellow, drying purplish.
subsp. purpurea
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 638. FNA vol. 7, p. 636.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria
Sibling taxa
P. acutifolia, P. alpestris, P. alpina, P. angustifolia, P. arctica, P. arenosa, P. argyraea, P. arizonica, P. aurea, P. bellii, P. brassicoides, P. calcicola, P. calderi, P. carinata, P. chambersii, P. cinerea, P. condensata, P. congesta, P. cordiformis, P. curvipes, P. densiflora, P. didymocarpa, P. dornii, P. douglasii, P. eburniflora, P. engelmannii, P. eriocarpa, P. fendleri, P. filiformis, P. floribunda, P. fremontii, P. garrettii, P. globosa, P. gooddingii, P. gordonii, P. gracilis, P. grahamii, P. hemiphysaria, P. hitchcockii, P. humilis, P. integrifolia, P. intermedia, P. kingii, P. klausii, P. lata, P. lepidota, P. lesicii, P. lindheimeri, P. ludoviciana, P. macrocarpa, P. mcvaughiana, P. montana, P. multiceps, P. navajoensis, P. nelsonii, P. newberryi, P. obcordata, P. obdeltata, P. occidentalis, P. oregona, P. ovalifolia, P. pachyphylla, P. pallida, P. parviflora, P. parvula, P. pendula, P. pinetorum, P. prostrata, P. pruinosa, P. pulvinata, P. purpurea, P. pycnantha, P. rectipes, P. recurvata, P. reediana, P. rollinsii, P. saximontana, P. scrotiformis, P. sessilis, P. spatulata, P. subumbellata, P. tenella, P. thamnophila, P. tumulosa, P. valida, P. vicina, P. vitulifera
P. acutifolia, P. alpestris, P. alpina, P. angustifolia, P. arctica, P. arenosa, P. argyraea, P. arizonica, P. aurea, P. bellii, P. brassicoides, P. calcicola, P. calderi, P. carinata, P. chambersii, P. cinerea, P. condensata, P. congesta, P. cordiformis, P. curvipes, P. densiflora, P. didymocarpa, P. dornii, P. douglasii, P. eburniflora, P. engelmannii, P. fendleri, P. filiformis, P. floribunda, P. fremontii, P. garrettii, P. geyeri, P. globosa, P. gooddingii, P. gordonii, P. gracilis, P. grahamii, P. hemiphysaria, P. hitchcockii, P. humilis, P. integrifolia, P. intermedia, P. kingii, P. klausii, P. lata, P. lepidota, P. lesicii, P. lindheimeri, P. ludoviciana, P. macrocarpa, P. mcvaughiana, P. montana, P. multiceps, P. navajoensis, P. nelsonii, P. newberryi, P. obcordata, P. obdeltata, P. occidentalis, P. oregona, P. ovalifolia, P. pachyphylla, P. pallida, P. parviflora, P. parvula, P. pendula, P. pinetorum, P. prostrata, P. pruinosa, P. pulvinata, P. purpurea, P. pycnantha, P. rectipes, P. recurvata, P. reediana, P. rollinsii, P. saximontana, P. scrotiformis, P. sessilis, P. spatulata, P. subumbellata, P. tenella, P. thamnophila, P. tumulosa, P. valida, P. vicina, P. vitulifera
Subordinate taxa
P. geyeri subsp. geyeri, P. geyeri subsp. purpurea
Synonyms Vesicaria geyeri, Coulterina geyeri, Lesquerella geyeri
Name authority (Hooker) A. Gray: Gen. Amer. Bor. 1: 162. (1848) Grady & O’Kane: Novon 17: 184, fig. 3. (2007)
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