Physaria newberryi
Physaria condensata
Newberry twinpod, Newberry's twinpod
tuft twinpod
several from base, ascending to erect (arising laterally, unbranched), 0.5–1(–2.5) dm.
several from base, decumbent to ascending, (arising laterally beneath a dense rosette), less than 0.1 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 (horizontal on the ground), obovate, 0.5–1.5 cm (width 4–8 mm, base tapering abruptly to petiole), margins entire, (apex usually acute, surfaces silvery from a dense incrustation of appressed, stellate trichomes).
blade linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 1–2 cm, margins entire.
blade oblanceolate, 0.5–1 cm (width 2–3 mm), margins entire, (surfaces densely stellate pubescent).
dense (elongated or not in fruit, 2.5–8.5(–10) cm).
congested, (subumbellate, often almost sessile, barely exceeding basal leaves).
sepals (greenish yellow), lanceolate, 6–8.5 mm, (saccate and cucullate);
petals spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 7–10(–12) mm.
sepals (yellowish green), narrowly lanceolate, 4–5 mm;
petals (erect), oblanceolate, 6–7 mm, (claw weakly differentiated from blade).
(divaricate, straight), 5–11(–15) mm, (rigid, fruits not pendent on arching pedicels).
(divaricate, straight), 5–10 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).
didymous, ovate, inflated, 4.8–6 × 6–10 mm, (papery, basal and apical sinuses deep);
valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), pubescent, trichomes loosely spreading;
replum obovate, 3–4 mm, as wide as or wider than fruit;
ovules 8 per ovary (2–4 abortive);
style 4–6 mm.
slightly flattened, (ovate).
flattened.
Physaria newberryi
Physaria condensata
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 |
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