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Utah bladderpod

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Kaibab bladderpod

Habit Plants ascending; trichomes tuberculate throughout, center low-mounded. Plants decumbent to ascending; trichomes (no information available).
Basal leaves

blade margins entire.

blade margins entire.

Racemes

secund, ± dense and compact in fruit.

not usually secund, hardly elongated in fruit.

Fruiting pedicels

sigmoid.

(divaricate-ascending), straight 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 complete;

ovules 10–14 per ovary;

style 1–2 mm.

Petals

yellow.

cream-white or white.

Physaria kingii subsp. utahensis

Physaria kingii subsp. kaibabensis

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering Jun.
Habitat Rocky ridges, gravel, sagebrush hillsides, exposed limestone, granitic rock areas, sandy soils Limestone-clay knolls, in open, parklike meadows
Elevation 2400-3400 m (7900-11200 ft) 2500-2700 m (8200-8900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
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from FNA
AZ
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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.)

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies kaibabensis is found on the Kaibab Plateau.

(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. kaibabensis, P. kingii subsp. kingii, P. kingii subsp. latifolia
P. kingii subsp. bernardina, P. kingii subsp. cobrensis, P. kingii subsp. diversifolia, P. kingii subsp. kingii, P. kingii subsp. latifolia, P. kingii subsp. utahensis
Synonyms Lesquerella utahensis, P. utahensis Lesquerella kaibabensis, P. kaibabensis
Name authority (Rydberg) O’Kane: Novon 17: 380. (2007) (Rollins) O’Kane: Novon 17: 380. (2007)
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