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Kaibab bladderpod

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Utah bladderpod

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

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
from FNA
AZ
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from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
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.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria > Physaria kingii Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria > Physaria kingii
Sibling taxa
P. kingii subsp. bernardina, P. kingii subsp. cobrensis, P. kingii subsp. diversifolia, 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 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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