Physaria newberryi
Physaria occidentalis
Newberry twinpod, Newberry's twinpod
western bladder-pod
several from base, ascending to erect (arising laterally, unbranched), 0.5–1(–2.5) dm.
few to several from base, prostrate to decumbent or erect, (usually unbranched), 0.3–1.5(–3) 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 suborbicular to obovate or elliptic, 1–8 cm, (base narrowing gradually or abruptly to petiole), margins sinuate-dentate or entire.
blade linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 1–2 cm, margins entire.
(proximal shortly petiolate, distal sessile);
blade oblanceolate, 0.5–1.5(–2.5) cm, margins entire or remotely dentate.
dense (elongated or not in fruit, 2.5–8.5(–10) cm).
dense or loose.
sepals (greenish yellow), lanceolate, 6–8.5 mm, (saccate and cucullate);
petals spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 7–10(–12) mm.
sepals elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 4.5–7 mm, (median pair cucullate);
petals spatulate, 7–9(–14) mm, (claw undifferentiated from blade).
(divaricate, straight), 5–11(–15) mm, (rigid, fruits not pendent on arching pedicels).
(sigmoid or curved), 5–10(–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).
(erect), ellipsoid to obovoid, compressed at apex and sometimes margins (strongly latiseptate), (5–)6–9 mm, (apex acute, often beaked);
valves densely pubescent, trichomes appressed or spreading, sometimes sparsely pubescent inside, trichomes 4- or 5-rayed;
ovules 4–12 per ovary;
style (2–)3–6.5 mm, (often sparsely pubescent).
slightly flattened, (ovate).
inner surface flattened, outer convex.
Physaria newberryi
Physaria occidentalis
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. Stems erect or decumbent; fruit margins and apices compressed, apices often beaked; valves pubescent inside; ovules 4-8 per ovary; styles frequently curved; n California, c Idaho, nw Nevada, Oregon, Washington. | subsp. occidentalis |
1. Stems prostrate to decumbent; fruit, margins not conspicuously compressed, apices somewhat compressed, usually not conspicuously beaked; valves usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely pubescent inside; ovules 8-12 per ovary; styles usually straight; Nevada, w Utah. | subsp. cinerascens |
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