Physaria oregona |
Physaria eriocarpa |
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Oregon twin-pod |
sheep mountain bladderpod |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex simple, (cespitose); (silvery) pubescent throughout, trichomes (stalked), few-rayed, rays furcate or imperfectly so, (tuberculate throughout). | Perennials; caudex branched, (thickened, cespitose); densely pubescent, trichomes 5- or 6-rayed, rays slightly fused at base, furcate or bifurcate, (tuberculate throughout). |
Stems | several from base, erect or somewhat decumbent, (unbranched), 1–3.5 dm. |
few from base, well-exserted from basal leaves, 0.4–1(–1.2) dm. |
Basal leaves | (petiole slender, usually incised or with broad teeth along petiole); blade obovate, 4–6 cm, margins entire. |
blade (erect), obovate to orbicular, 1.5–2.5 cm, (base evidently distinct from petiole), margins entire, (folded). |
Cauline leaves | blade oblanceolate or broader, 1.5–2.5 cm, margins entire or sparsely dentate, (apex acute). |
blade spatulate, margins entire. |
Racemes | somewhat loose, (5–15 cm). |
compact, subumbellate. |
Flowers | sepals oblong, 5–7 mm; petals (lemon yellow), spatulate, 9–12 mm. |
sepals (pale yellow), 4–5 mm; petals lingulate, 6–7 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | (spreading or ascending, curved, fruits not pendent), 10–20 mm. |
(ascending, curved to slightly sigmoid), 5–8 mm. |
Fruits | didymous, obreniform, moderately inflated, angustispetate, (8–)10–12(–15) × 10–14(–16) mm, (papery, not keeled, basal sinus absent, apical sinus broad and open); valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence, rounded or irregular), loosely pubescent, trichomes spreading; replum broadly lanceolate, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex acute; ovules 8 per ovary; style 1–2 mm. |
ovoid to ellipsoid, slightly inflated, (apex not compressed), 3–4 mm; valves pubescent, trichomes erect on mature fruits, (± appearing fuzzy); ovules 8 per ovary; style 4–5 mm, (glabrous). |
Seeds | flattened. |
plump. |
2n | = 8. |
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Physaria oregona |
Physaria eriocarpa |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Gravelly banks, stream shores, rocky slopes, dry hillsides, serpentine soils | Windswept ridge lines and mountain peaks in limestone rubble and cobbles |
Elevation | 900-1900 m (3000-6200 ft) | 2600-3000 m (8500-9800 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; OR; WA
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MT |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Physaria eriocarpa is known from Sheep Mountain. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 655. | FNA vol. 7, p. 636. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Coulterina oregona, Lesquerella oregona | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 363. (1882) | Grady & O’Kane: Novon 17: 184, fig. 3. (2007) |
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