Physaria newberryi
Physaria lepidota
Newberry twinpod, Newberry's twinpod
Kane County twinpod
several from base, ascending to erect (arising laterally, unbranched), 0.5–1(–2.5) dm.
simple from base, erect or outer ones slightly decumbent toward base, (from below or in basal leaves, unbranched), (0.5–)0.8–1.6(–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).
(erect, petiole long, slender);
blade spatulate to broadly oblanceolate, (3–)5–7(–12) cm, (base gradually tapering to petiole), margins entire, (apex rounded or obtuse).
blade linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 1–2 cm, margins entire.
blade oblanceolate, similar to basal, (base cuneate), margins entire.
dense (elongated or not in fruit, 2.5–8.5(–10) cm).
dense.
sepals (greenish yellow), lanceolate, 6–8.5 mm, (saccate and cucullate);
petals spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 7–10(–12) mm.
sepals (erect), linear to linear-oblong, somewhat boat-shaped, 7–10 mm;
petals (erect at anthesis), lingulate, 11–15 mm, (claw undifferentiated from blade).
(divaricate, straight), 5–11(–15) mm, (rigid, fruits not pendent on arching pedicels).
(divaricate-ascending, straight or slightly curved), 10–15 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).
(purplish in age), strongly didymous, semiorbicular, highly inflated, 10–18 × 14–19 mm, (papery), basal sinus usually shallow, rarely absent, apical sinus deep, narrowly V-shaped;
valves retaining seeds after dehiscence, sides flat, back rounded, margins keeled, base and apex obtuse;
replum narrowly oblong to linear, as wide as or wider than fruit, base slightly narrowed, apex obtusely rounded;
ovules 4 per ovary;
style 3–5 mm, (slender).
slightly flattened, (ovate).
slightly flattened.
Physaria newberryi
Physaria lepidota
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 2 (2 in the flora).
(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. Trichomes: rays fused nearly to tips; fruits with deep sinuses, or shallow basally, deep apically. | subsp. lepidota |
1. Trichomes: rays fused in proximal 1/2; fruits with sinuses absent or shallow basally, deep apically. | subsp. membranacea |
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