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Utah bladderpod

Photo is of parent taxon

cobre bladder-pod

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

blade margins entire.

blade margins entire.

Racemes

secund, ± dense and compact in fruit.

secund, usually elongated and loose in fruit.

Fruiting pedicels

sigmoid.

curved (recurved) or slightly sigmoid.

Fruits

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.

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

valves glabrous inside;

septum ± perforate;

ovules 4(–8) per ovary;

style 3–6 mm.

Petals

yellow.

yellow.

Physaria kingii subsp. utahensis

Physaria kingii subsp. cobrensis

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Rocky ridges, gravel, sagebrush hillsides, exposed limestone, granitic rock areas, sandy soils Light-colored silt, limestone gravel, rocky areas with low sagebrush
Elevation 2400-3400 m (7900-11200 ft) 500-1000 m (1600-3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
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from FNA
ID; NV; OR
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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. 647. 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. kingii, P. kingii subsp. latifolia
P. kingii subsp. bernardina, P. kingii subsp. diversifolia, P. kingii subsp. kaibabensis, P. kingii subsp. kingii, P. kingii subsp. latifolia, P. kingii subsp. utahensis
Synonyms Lesquerella utahensis, P. utahensis Lesquerella kingii var. cobrensis, P. cobrensis, P. kingii var. cobrensis
Name authority (Rydberg) O’Kane: Novon 17: 380. (2007) (Rollins & E. A. Shaw) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 324. (2002)
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