Physaria newberryi
Physaria dornii
Newberry twinpod, Newberry's twinpod
Dorn's twinpod, tunp range twinpod
several from base, ascending to erect (arising laterally, unbranched), 0.5–1(–2.5) dm.
simple from base, erect, (arising from a condensed rosette), to 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).
(ascending or erect);
blade elliptic to oblanceolate to obovate, (usually curled from middle to apex), (1.5–)5–7 cm (width 12–20 mm), margins entire.
blade linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 1–2 cm, margins entire.
(1–5);
blade oblanceolate, 1–2.5 cm, margins entire.
dense (elongated or not in fruit, 2.5–8.5(–10) cm).
compact (or elongated in fruit, to 1 dm, barely exceeding leaves).
sepals (greenish yellow), lanceolate, 6–8.5 mm, (saccate and cucullate);
petals spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 7–10(–12) mm.
sepals (erect), oblong to linear or spatulate, 5.5–7 mm;
petals spatulate, 10–14 mm, (claw undifferentiated from blade).
(divaricate, straight), 5–11(–15) mm, (rigid, fruits not pendent on arching pedicels).
(divaricate-ascending, slightly curved), 7–18 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, irregular, highly inflated, 8–11(–18) × 10–15 mm, (papery, basal sinus shallower than the deep apical sinus; valves retaining seeds after dehiscence);
replum obovate, not constricted, 1–1.8 mm, apex obtuse, as wide as or wider than fruit;
ovules (4–)8(–12) per ovary;
style 4–6 mm, (glabrous).
slightly flattened, (ovate).
flattened, (oblong to elliptic, thin-margined or not).
Physaria newberryi
Physaria dornii
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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