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cobre bladder-pod

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Utah bladderpod

Habit Plants ± erect or ascending; trichomes tuberculate throughout, center low-mounded. Plants ascending; trichomes tuberculate throughout, center low-mounded.
Basal leaves

blade margins entire.

blade margins entire.

Racemes

secund, usually elongated and loose in fruit.

secund, ± dense and compact in fruit.

Fruiting pedicels

curved (recurved) or slightly sigmoid.

sigmoid.

Fruits

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

valves glabrous inside;

septum ± perforate;

ovules 4(–8) per ovary;

style 3–6 mm.

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

valves glabrous inside;

septum complete;

ovules (6–)8–12 per ovary;

style (4–)4.5–6.5 mm.

Petals

yellow.

yellow.

Physaria kingii subsp. cobrensis

Physaria kingii subsp. utahensis

Phenology Flowering May–Jun. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Light-colored silt, limestone gravel, rocky areas with low sagebrush Rocky ridges, gravel, sagebrush hillsides, exposed limestone, granitic rock areas, sandy soils
Elevation 500-1000 m (1600-3300 ft) 2400-3400 m (7900-11200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; NV; OR
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies utahensis is found in the Uinta and Wasatch mountains.

(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. bernardina, 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. latifolia
Synonyms Lesquerella kingii var. cobrensis, P. cobrensis, P. kingii var. cobrensis Lesquerella utahensis, P. utahensis
Name authority (Rollins & E. A. Shaw) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 324. (2002) (Rydberg) O’Kane: Novon 17: 380. (2007)
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