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San Bernardino Mountains bladderpod

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Kaibab bladderpod

Habit Plants erect; trichomes tuberculate throughout, less densely so over the center, (rays often fused at base). Plants decumbent to ascending; trichomes (no information available).
Basal leaves

blade margins entire.

blade margins entire.

Racemes

not secund, fairly dense in fruit.

not usually secund, hardly elongated in fruit.

Fruiting pedicels

straight (nearly erect), or sigmoid.

(divaricate-ascending), straight or slightly sigmoid.

Fruits

as wide as or longer than wide, apex rounded-acute;

valves glabrous inside;

septum complete or 1/3–1/2 perforate;

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 6–9 mm.

as wide as or longer than wide, apex rounded-acute;

valves glabrous inside;

septum complete;

ovules 10–14 per ovary;

style 1–2 mm.

Petals

yellow.

cream-white or white.

Physaria kingii subsp. bernardina

Physaria kingii subsp. kaibabensis

Phenology Flowering May–Jun. Flowering Jun.
Habitat Pine woods Limestone-clay knolls, in open, parklike meadows
Elevation 1800-2200 m (5900-7200 ft) 2500-2700 m (8200-8900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
AZ
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies bernardina is found near Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains.

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

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies kaibabensis is found on the Kaibab Plateau.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 646. FNA vol. 7, p. 647.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria > Physaria kingii Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria > Physaria kingii
Sibling taxa
P. kingii subsp. cobrensis, P. kingii subsp. diversifolia, P. kingii subsp. kaibabensis, P. kingii subsp. kingii, P. kingii subsp. latifolia, P. kingii subsp. utahensis
P. kingii subsp. bernardina, P. kingii subsp. cobrensis, P. kingii subsp. diversifolia, P. kingii subsp. kingii, P. kingii subsp. latifolia, P. kingii subsp. utahensis
Synonyms Lesquerella bernardina, Lesquerella kingii subsp. bernardina, P. kingii var. bernardina Lesquerella kaibabensis, P. kaibabensis
Name authority (Munz) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 324. (2002) (Rollins) O’Kane: Novon 17: 380. (2007)
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