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Physaria kingii subsp. kingii

Physaria kingii subsp. diversifolia
Photo is of parent taxon

King's bladderpod
Photo is of parent taxon

Wallowa bladder-pod
Habit Plants prostrate and straggling to erect; trichomes tuberculate throughout, center low-mounded. Plants usually prostrate and straggling; trichomes (lower layer) smoother, (upper layer) moderately tuberculate, much less so over flat or mounded center.
Basal leaves

blade margins ± entire, (sometimes slightly lobed or widened at base).

blade margins sinuate or lobed, or, sometimes, lyrate.
Racemes

not secund, loose and elongated in fruit, or dense in alpine forms.

not secund, elongated and loose in fruit.
Fruiting pedicels

usually sigmoid.

usually sigmoid.
Fruits

slightly wider than long, apex truncate or retuse;

valves pubescent inside;

septum ± perforate;

ovules 4(–8) per ovary;

style to 7(–9) mm.

slightly wider than long, apex truncate or retuse;

valves pubescent inside;

septum fenestrate;

ovules 4–6 per ovary;

style to 9 mm.
Petals

yellow.

yellow.
2n

= 10.

Physaria kingii subsp. kingii

Physaria kingii subsp. diversifolia
Phenology Flowering May–Jun. Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Granitic ridges, quartz and limestone chip, stream gravels, dry slopes, calcareous soils, sagebrush hillsides, pinyon-juniper woodlands Talus slopes, gravelly flood banks, steep limestone cliffs, rock crevices, marble chiprock, sandy and gravelly soils
Elevation 1700-2200 m (5600-7200 ft) 1200-3000 m (3900-9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; NV; OR
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
OR
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies diversifolia is found in the Elkhorn and Wallowa mountains.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 646. FNA vol. 7, p. 646.
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. kaibabensis, P. kingii subsp. latifolia, P. kingii subsp. utahensis
P. kingii subsp. bernardina, P. kingii subsp. cobrensis, P. kingii subsp. kaibabensis, P. kingii subsp. kingii, P. kingii subsp. latifolia, P. kingii subsp. utahensis
Synonyms Lesquerella diversifolia, Lesquerella kingii subsp. diversifolia, Lesquerella kingii var. sherwoodii, Lesquerella occidentalis subsp. diversifolia, Lesquerella occidentalis var. diversifolia, Lesquerella sherwoodii, P. kingii var. diversifolia
Name authority unknown (Greene) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 325. (2002)
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