Physaria newberryi
Physaria carinata
Newberry twinpod, Newberry's twinpod
Idaho bladderpod
several from base, ascending to erect (arising laterally, unbranched), 0.5–1(–2.5) dm.
simple from base, decumbent, (occasionally few-branched), 0.5–1.5(–2) 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).
blade elliptic to broadly obovate, triangular, rhombic, or round, 1.5–3(–4) cm, margins often sinuate or shallowly lobed.
blade linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 1–2 cm, margins entire.
(sessile or shortly petiolate);
blade elliptic to oblanceolate to obovate, 0.5–1.5 cm, (base narrowed to petiole), margins entire.
dense (elongated or not in fruit, 2.5–8.5(–10) cm).
compact to loose.
sepals (greenish yellow), lanceolate, 6–8.5 mm, (saccate and cucullate);
petals spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 7–10(–12) mm.
sepals oblong to broadly elliptic, 4–7.5 mm, (lateral pair saccate or not);
petals spatulate, 7.5–10 mm.
(divaricate, straight), 5–11(–15) mm, (rigid, fruits not pendent on arching pedicels).
(ascending or divaricate-spreading, straight to loosely sigmoid or curved), 4–10 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).
(sessile or substipitate), elliptic, suborbicular, or oblong, strongly compressed (angustiseptate), 5–9 mm, (rounded to sharply keeled on 1 side, edges ± keeled);
valves: (margins covering replum edges or not), usually pubescent throughout or, rarely, glabrous inside;
ovules (4–)8–14(–16) per ovary;
style 2–4.5(–5) mm.
slightly flattened, (ovate).
slightly flattened.
Physaria newberryi
Physaria carinata
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.)
Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora).
Differences in fruit morphology become blurred and the three subspecies are often indistinguishable where their ranges meet near the intersection of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
(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 |
1. Fruits elliptic, not keeled, valve margins (thin, rounded), not covering replum edges. | subsp. paysonii |
1. Fruits elliptic, suborbicular, or broadly oblong, keeled on one side, valve margins covering replum edges | → 2 |
2. Fruits elliptic, bases narrow-rounded to acute, apices ± acute. | subsp. carinata |
2. Fruits suborbicular to elliptic or broadly oblong, bases and apices rounded. | subsp. pulchella |
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