Flora of North America species comparison

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Physaria occidentalis subsp. cinerascens
Photo is of parent taxon
Caudex

thickened, usually simple, rarely branched, (subterranean).
Stems

usually simple, rarely few from base, well-exserted, prostrate to decumbent.
Basal leaves

blade margins entire.
Fruits

(slightly longer than broad), not conspicuously compressed at margins, apex somewhat compressed and usually not conspicuously beaked;

valves usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely pubescent inside;

ovules 8–12 per ovary;

style usually straight.

Physaria occidentalis subsp. cinerascens
Phenology Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Gravelly slopes, grassy ridges, outwash fans, steep limestone outcrops, limey gravel
Elevation 1500-3700 m (4900-12100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NV; UT
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 655.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria > Physaria occidentalis
Sibling taxa
P. occidentalis subsp. occidentalis
Synonyms Lesquerella occidentalis var. cinerascens, Lesquerella goodrichii, Lesquerella occidentalis subsp. cinerascens, P. goodrichii, P. occidentalis var. cinerascens, P. occidentalis var. goodrichii
Name authority (Maguire & A. H. Holmgren) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 326. (2002)
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