Physaria oregona |
Physaria rollinsii |
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Oregon twin-pod |
Rollins' twinpod |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex simple, (cespitose); (silvery) pubescent throughout, trichomes (stalked), few-rayed, rays furcate or imperfectly so, (tuberculate throughout). | Perennials; (compact); caudex usually simple, (cespitose); (silvery) pubescent throughout, trichomes 6–8-rayed, rays furcate near base, fused at base, (umbonate, strongly tuberculate throughout). |
Stems | several from base, erect or somewhat decumbent, (unbranched), 1–3.5 dm. |
several from base, decumbent, (unbranched, slender), 0.5–1 dm. |
Basal leaves | (petiole slender, usually incised or with broad teeth along petiole); blade obovate, 4–6 cm, margins entire. |
(strongly rosulate); blade usually oblanceolate or broader, sometimes triangular, 2–3.5 cm (width 5–10 mm), margins entire or with 1 or 2 broad teeth, (apex acute). |
Cauline leaves | blade oblanceolate or broader, 1.5–2.5 cm, margins entire or sparsely dentate, (apex acute). |
blade oblanceolate, 1–1.5 cm (width 2–4 mm), margins entire, (apex acute). |
Racemes | somewhat loose, (5–15 cm). |
congested, (elongated moderately in fruit). |
Flowers | sepals oblong, 5–7 mm; petals (lemon yellow), spatulate, 9–12 mm. |
sepals linear, 5–7 mm; petals spatulate, 8–10 mm, (apex often somewhat truncate). |
Fruiting pedicels | (spreading or ascending, curved, fruits not pendent), 10–20 mm. |
(spreading, straight or somewhat 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. |
(erect), didymous, suborbicular, inflated, 2–5(–8) × 4–8(–10)mm, (coriaceous, base slightly cordate or nearly obtuse, sinus obsolete or absent, apical sinus broad and deep); valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), pubescent, trichomes appressed, (silvery on ovaries and immature fruit); replum obovate to oblong, as wide as or wider than fruit, rarely somewhat constricted basally, apex obtuse; ovules 4 per ovary; style 5–7 mm. |
Seeds | flattened. |
slightly flattened. |
2n | = 8. |
= 8. |
Physaria oregona |
Physaria rollinsii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Gravelly banks, stream shores, rocky slopes, dry hillsides, serpentine soils | Sagebrush, granitic talus, open knolls, limestone chiprock, steep slopes, clay banks, near granite boulders |
Elevation | 900-1900 m (3000-6200 ft) | 2300-2500(-3900) m (7500-8200(-12800) ft) |
Distribution |
ID; OR; WA
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CO
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 655. | FNA vol. 7, p. 661. |
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) | G. A. Mulligan: Canad. J. Bot. 44: 1663, fig. 2, plate 1, fig. 4. (1966) |
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