Physaria newberryi
Physaria newberryi subsp. newberryi
Newberry twinpod, Newberry's twinpod
Newberry's twinpod
simple or few-branched (some populations on shifting substrates with elongated branches).
several from base, ascending to erect (arising laterally, unbranched), 0.5–1(–2.5) 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 linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 1–2 cm, margins entire.
dense (elongated or not in fruit, 2.5–8.5(–10) cm).
sepals (greenish yellow), lanceolate, 6–8.5 mm, (saccate and cucullate);
petals spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 7–10(–12) mm.
less than 4 mm, shorter than fruit sinus.
(divaricate, straight), 5–11(–15) mm, (rigid, fruits not pendent on arching pedicels).
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).
slightly flattened, (ovate).
= 8, 16.
Physaria newberryi
Physaria newberryi subsp. newberryi
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.)
Supposed differences between subspp. newberryi and racemosa do not hold up in light of recent collections that show a continuum in replum and raceme lengths.
(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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