Physaria oregona |
Physaria klausii |
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Oregon twin-pod |
Rogers Pass or klaus' or divide 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 simple; densely pubescent, trichomes (loosely spreading), 3–5-rayed, rays distinct, furcate (with exceptionally long branches). |
Stems | several from base, erect or somewhat decumbent, (unbranched), 1–3.5 dm. |
simple from base, erect to decumbent, (slender), 0.6–1.5 dm. |
Basal leaves | (petiole slender, usually incised or with broad teeth along petiole); blade obovate, 4–6 cm, margins entire. |
blades obovate to deltate, 1.5–3(–4) cm, margins entire or outer one with 1 or 2 broad teeth. |
Cauline leaves | blade oblanceolate or broader, 1.5–2.5 cm, margins entire or sparsely dentate, (apex acute). |
blade oblanceolate to spatulate, 0.6–1.5 cm, margins entire. |
Racemes | somewhat loose, (5–15 cm). |
loose. |
Flowers | sepals oblong, 5–7 mm; petals (lemon yellow), spatulate, 9–12 mm. |
sepals (green-yellow, often tinged with purple), elliptic, 3–4.6 mm; petals oblanceolate, 6–8 mm (claw expanded). |
Fruiting pedicels | (spreading or ascending, curved, fruits not pendent), 10–20 mm. |
(sigmoid), 5–9 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. |
(depressed), broadly obovate, compressed (angustiseptate), 2–4 mm, (apex slightly bilobed to nearly truncate); valves densely pubescent, trichomes strongly ascending, spreading, long, (appearing fuzzy), pubescent inside; ovules 4 per ovary; style 3–4 mm, (pubescent or glabrous). |
Seeds | flattened. |
flattened. |
2n | = 8. |
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Physaria oregona |
Physaria klausii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering Jul. |
Habitat | Gravelly banks, stream shores, rocky slopes, dry hillsides, serpentine soils | Open gravel slides, solifluction cross-stripes of shale rubble, barren shale-derived soil |
Elevation | 900-1900 m (3000-6200 ft) | 1200-1900 m (3900-6200 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; OR; WA
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MT |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 655. | FNA vol. 7, p. 647. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Coulterina oregona, Lesquerella oregona | Lesquerella klausii |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 363. (1882) | (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 325. (2002) |
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