Physaria geyeri |
Physaria klausii |
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Geyer's bladderpod, Geyer's twin-pod |
Rogers Pass or klaus' or divide bladderpod |
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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). | Perennials; caudex simple; densely pubescent, trichomes (loosely spreading), 3–5-rayed, rays distinct, furcate (with exceptionally long branches). | ||||
Stems | several from base, decumbent, (arising laterally, unbranched), 1–3 dm. |
simple from base, erect to decumbent, (slender), 0.6–1.5 dm. |
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Basal leaves | (numerous); (petiole slender, rarely with a few broad teeth); blade obovate, 3–7 cm, margins entire. |
blades obovate to deltate, 1.5–3(–4) cm, margins entire or outer one with 1 or 2 broad teeth. |
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Cauline leaves | blade oblanceolate, 1.5–3 cm, margins entire. |
blade oblanceolate to spatulate, 0.6–1.5 cm, margins entire. |
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Racemes | loose. |
loose. |
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Flowers | sepals oblong, 5–7 mm; petals (yellow to purplish), spatulate, 8–12 mm. |
sepals (green-yellow, often tinged with purple), elliptic, 3–4.6 mm; petals oblanceolate, 6–8 mm (claw expanded). |
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Fruiting pedicels | (ascending or spreading, slightly curved or sigmoid), 1–2 cm. |
(sigmoid), 5–9 mm. |
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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. |
(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). |
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Seeds | flattened. |
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Physaria geyeri |
Physaria klausii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Open gravel slides, solifluction cross-stripes of shale rubble, barren shale-derived soil | |||||
Elevation | 1200-1900 m (3900-6200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
ID; MT; OR; WA
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MT |
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. (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. | FNA vol. 7, p. 647. | ||||
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | ||||
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Synonyms | Vesicaria geyeri, Coulterina geyeri, Lesquerella geyeri | Lesquerella klausii | ||||
Name authority | (Hooker) A. Gray: Gen. Amer. Bor. 1: 162. (1848) | (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 325. (2002) | ||||
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