Physaria geyeri
Physaria newberryi
Geyer's bladderpod, Geyer's twin-pod
Newberry twinpod, Newberry's twinpod
several from base, decumbent, (arising laterally, unbranched), 1–3 dm.
several from base, ascending to erect (arising laterally, unbranched), 0.5–1(–2.5) dm.
(numerous); (petiole slender, rarely with a few broad teeth);
blade obovate, 3–7 cm, margins entire.
(ascending to erect, petiole slender);
blade oblanceolate to obovate, 3–8 cm, (base tapering to petiole), margins incised or dentate with broad teeth, (apex acute to obtuse).
blade oblanceolate, 1.5–3 cm, margins entire.
blade linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 1–2 cm, margins entire.
loose.
dense (elongated or not in fruit, 2.5–8.5(–10) cm).
sepals oblong, 5–7 mm;
petals (yellow to purplish), spatulate, 8–12 mm.
sepals (greenish yellow), lanceolate, 6–8.5 mm, (saccate and cucullate);
petals spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 7–10(–12) mm.
(ascending or spreading, slightly curved or sigmoid), 1–2 cm.
(divaricate, straight), 5–11(–15) mm, (rigid, fruits not pendent on arching pedicels).
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.
didymous, sides curved and angular, highly inflated, 6–16 × 8–12 mm, (papery, apical sinus broad and concave);
valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence, distinctly 2-keeled on side away from replum), pubescent, trichomes appressed;
replum linear to linear-lanceolate, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex acute;
ovules 4–8 per ovary;
style 2–9 mm, (usually not exceeding sinus).
slightly flattened, (ovate).
Physaria geyeri
Physaria newberryi
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
Physaria newberryi, with its unusual fruits, can be confused with 15. P. chambersii. In P. chambersii, the sides of the fruit are flat, the style always exceeds the top, or shoulders, of the fruit, and shoulders form an angle that does not curve in toward the style. In P. newberryi, the sides of the fruit are concave, the styles are shorter than shoulders of the silicle (except in subsp. yesicola), and shoulders of the silicle form a curved, inward arching crown on the fruit.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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 |
1. Styles less than 4 mm, shorter than fruit sinuses. | subsp. newberryi |
1. Styles 5-9 mm, longer than fruit sinuses. | subsp. yesicola |
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