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Physaria kingii subsp. bernardina

Physaria kingii subsp. latifolia
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San Bernardino Mountains bladderpod
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limestone bladderpod
Habit Plants erect; trichomes tuberculate throughout, less densely so over the center, (rays often fused at base). Plants prostrate, decumbent, or erect; trichomes with large tubercles throughout, ± flat across middle.
Basal leaves

blade margins entire.

blade margins entire.
Racemes

not secund, fairly dense in fruit.

not or somewhat secund, usually dense and compact, sometimes slightly elongated in fruit.
Fruiting pedicels

straight (nearly erect), or sigmoid.

usually 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 8–16 per ovary;

style to 7 mm.
Petals

yellow.

usually yellow, sometimes cream-yellow, cream-white, or white.

Physaria kingii subsp. bernardina

Physaria kingii subsp. latifolia
Phenology Flowering May–Jun. Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Pine woods Gravelly loam soils, rocky basaltic slopes, limestone outcrops, ridges and flats, canyon bottoms, open pinyon-juniper woodlands
Elevation 1800-2200 m (5900-7200 ft) 2000-2500 m (6600-8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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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.)

Populations of subsp. latifolia with flowers cream-yellow, cream-white, or white are frequently encountered on the Kaibab Plateau of northern Arizona.

(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. kaibabensis, P. kingii subsp. kingii, P. kingii subsp. utahensis
Synonyms Lesquerella bernardina, Lesquerella kingii subsp. bernardina, P. kingii var. bernardina Lesquerella latifolia, Lesquerella barnebyi, Lesquerella kingii subsp. latifolia, Lesquerella kingii var. parvifolia, Lesquerella occidentalis var. parvifolia, Lesquerella wardii, P. wardii
Name authority (Munz) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 324. (2002) (A. Nelson) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 325. (2002)
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