Physaria newberryi
Physaria alpina
Newberry twinpod, Newberry's twinpod
Avery Peak or alpine twinpod, Avery Peak twinpod
several from base, ascending to erect (arising laterally, unbranched), 0.5–1(–2.5) dm.
few from base, decumbent, (arising laterally proximal to current season’s leaves), 0.3–0.8 dm.
(ascending to erect, petiole slender);
blade oblanceolate to obovate, 3–8 cm, (base tapering to petiole), margins incised or dentate with broad teeth, (apex acute to obtuse).
(petiole slender);
blade broadly obovate, or deltate to ovate or narrower, 1.5–3.5 cm, (base abruptly to gradually narrowed to petiole), margins entire or obscurely few-toothed, (apex usually obtuse, nearly acute in narrower leaves).
blade linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 1–2 cm, margins entire.
(2–5 per stem);
blade oblanceolate to spatulate, similar to basal, margins entire, (apex acute).
dense (elongated or not in fruit, 2.5–8.5(–10) cm).
loose, (3–6-flowered).
sepals (greenish yellow), lanceolate, 6–8.5 mm, (saccate and cucullate);
petals spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 7–10(–12) mm.
sepals narrowly oblong to linear, 7–9 mm;
petals (erect), spatulate, 10–12(–15) mm.
(divaricate, straight), 5–11(–15) mm, (rigid, fruits not pendent on arching pedicels).
(widely spreading to ascending, slightly curved or straight), 7–11 mm.
didymous, sides curved and angular, highly inflated, 6–16 × 8–12 mm, (papery, apical sinus broad and concave);
valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence, distinctly 2-keeled on side away from replum), pubescent, trichomes appressed;
replum linear to linear-lanceolate, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex acute;
ovules 4–8 per ovary;
style 2–9 mm, (usually not exceeding sinus).
(usually purplish in age), didymous, irregular and somewhat angular, not highly inflated, 4–11 × 10–13 mm, (coriaceous, papery, shallowly grooved distally and on sides, tapered and narrowed toward replum, base obtuse to truncate, apex with broad sinus to nearly truncate);
valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), densely pubescent, not silvery;
replum elliptic to obovate, as wide as or wider than fruit, base rounded, margins sparsely pubescent or glabrous, apex rounded (with funicles);
ovules 4 per ovary;
style 5–7 mm, (glabrous).
slightly flattened, (ovate).
flattened.
Physaria newberryi
Physaria alpina
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
Physaria newberryi, with its unusual fruits, can be confused with 15. P. chambersii. In P. chambersii, the sides of the fruit are flat, the style always exceeds the top, or shoulders, of the fruit, and shoulders form an angle that does not curve in toward the style. In P. newberryi, the sides of the fruit are concave, the styles are shorter than shoulders of the silicle (except in subsp. yesicola), and shoulders of the silicle form a curved, inward arching crown on the fruit.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Of conservation concern.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Styles less than 4 mm, shorter than fruit sinuses. | subsp. newberryi |
1. Styles 5-9 mm, longer than fruit sinuses. | subsp. yesicola |
CalFlora
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist
USDA Plants Database
