Physaria kingii subsp. kaibabensis |
Physaria kingii subsp. utahensis |
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Kaibab bladderpod |
Utah bladderpod |
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Habit | Plants decumbent to ascending; trichomes (no information available). | Plants ascending; trichomes tuberculate throughout, center low-mounded. |
Basal leaves | blade margins entire. |
blade margins entire. |
Racemes | not usually secund, hardly elongated in fruit. |
secund, ± dense and compact in fruit. |
Fruiting pedicels | (divaricate-ascending), straight or slightly sigmoid. |
sigmoid. |
Fruits | as wide as or longer than wide, apex rounded-acute; valves glabrous inside; septum complete; ovules 10–14 per ovary; style 1–2 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 | cream-white or white. |
yellow. |
Physaria kingii subsp. kaibabensis |
Physaria kingii subsp. utahensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun. | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Limestone-clay knolls, in open, parklike meadows | Rocky ridges, gravel, sagebrush hillsides, exposed limestone, granitic rock areas, sandy soils |
Elevation | 2500-2700 m (8200-8900 ft) | 2400-3400 m (7900-11200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ |
UT |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Subspecies kaibabensis is found on the Kaibab Plateau. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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. 647. | FNA vol. 7, p. 647. |
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Synonyms | Lesquerella kaibabensis, P. kaibabensis | Lesquerella utahensis, P. utahensis |
Name authority | (Rollins) O’Kane: Novon 17: 380. (2007) | (Rydberg) O’Kane: Novon 17: 380. (2007) |
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