Physaria ludoviciana |
Physaria subumbellata |
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foothill bladderpod, silver bladderpod |
parasol bladderpod |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex simple or branched; densely pubescent, trichomes (sessile or short-stalked), 4–7-rayed, rays usually furcate, sometimes bifurcate, (rough-tuberculate throughout). | Perennials; caudex simple or branched, (usually covered with persistent leaf bases, cespitose); densely pubescent, trichomes (closely appressed), rays distinct, usually bifurcate. |
Stems | few from base, erect with outer usually decumbent, 1–3.5(–5) dm. |
several from base, erect, (unbranched, slender), 0.1–0.6 dm. |
Basal leaves | (erect); blade narrowly lanceolate to linear or (outer) oblanceolate, (1–)2–6(–9) cm, margins usually entire, rarely shallowly dentate, (inner involute, outer usually flat, base usually with some simple trichomes). |
blade rhombic to obovate, 2–4 cm, margins entire. |
Cauline leaves | blade narrowly oblanceolate to linear, (1–)2–4(–8) cm, margins flat or involute. |
blade linear-oblanceolate, similar to basal. |
Racemes | compact, (elongated and loose in fruit, densely-flowered). |
dense (distally, subumbellate). |
Flowers | sepals oblong to broadly elliptic, 4–7(–8) mm, (lateral pair subsaccate, median pair cucullate); petals oblanceolate or obovate, (5–)6.5–9.5(–11) mm, (claw undifferentiated from blade, or blade gradually narrowed to claw). |
sepals (yellowish), oblong to elliptic, 3.5–7 mm, (median pair usually thickened apically, cucullate); petals lingulate to spatulate, 4–7 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | (usually recurved), (5–)10–20(–25) mm. |
(divaricate-ascending), 3–5 mm, (densely pubescent). |
Fruits | subglobose or obovoid, usually inflated, sometimes slightly compressed, (3–)4–6 mm; valves densely pubescent, trichomes spreading, usually pubescent inside, trichomes appressed, sessile; ovules (4–)8–12(–16) per ovary; style 3–4.5(–6.5) mm. |
(erect), ovate to suborbicular, compressed apically (latiseptate), 3–4 mm; valves pubescent; replum ovate to obovate; ovules 4–6 per ovary; style 2–3 mm. |
Seeds | slightly flattened. |
plump. |
2n | = 10, 20, 30. |
= 10. |
Physaria ludoviciana |
Physaria subumbellata |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul(-Aug). | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Sandy or gravelly soils, steep hillsides, prairie pastures, clay slopes, limestone outcrops, sand dunes, open plains, sandy bluffs, rocky flats, white tuff sands | Rocky high ridges, gravel and stony areas, juniper covered knolls, rock crevices, clay hillsides, pinyon-juniper areas, calcareous substrates |
Elevation | 0-1900 m (0-6200 ft) | 1600-2700 m (5200-8900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; IA; IL; KS; MN; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OK; SD; UT; WI; WY
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CO; UT; WY
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Discussion | Material previously reported as Physaria ludoviciana from Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan) is here included in 6a. P. arenosa subsp. arenosa. Lesquerella argentea (Pursh) MacMillan is a later homonym that has been used for P. ludoviciana. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 649. | FNA vol. 7, p. 663. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Alyssum ludovicianum, Lesquerella ludoviciana, Vesicaria ludoviciana | Lesquerella subumbellata |
Name authority | (Nuttall) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 325. (2002) | (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 328. (2002) |
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