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parasol bladderpod

Habit Perennials; caudex simple or branched; densely (silvery) pubescent, trichomes (irregularly radiate), 6–8-rayed, rays furcate or bifurcate, fused at base. Perennials; caudex simple or branched, (usually covered with persistent leaf bases, cespitose); densely pubescent, trichomes (closely appressed), rays distinct, usually bifurcate.
Stems

several from base, prostrate to decumbent, (usually unbranched, rarely branched distally), 1–3 dm.

several from base, erect, (unbranched, slender), 0.1–0.6 dm.

Basal leaves

(tufted);

blade broadly obovate, 1–2 cm, margins entire or with 1 or 2 broad teeth, (apex rounded to obtuse).

blade rhombic to obovate, 2–4 cm, margins entire.

Cauline leaves

blade oblanceolate to nearly oblong, similar to basal, (base cuneate), margins entire.

blade linear-oblanceolate, similar to basal.

Racemes

(secund), loose, (elongated in fruit).

dense (distally, subumbellate).

Flowers

sepals (yellowish), elliptic to lanceolate, (2–)3–4 mm;

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

sepals (yellowish), oblong to elliptic, 3.5–7 mm, (median pair usually thickened apically, cucullate);

petals lingulate to spatulate, 4–7 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

(recurved), 6–8(–12) mm.

(divaricate-ascending), 3–5 mm, (densely pubescent).

Fruits

(usually pendent), elliptic to subglobose, usually slightly compressed (latiseptate), 3–4 mm;

valves densely pubescent, sometimes with scattered trichomes inside;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style ca. 3 mm.

(erect), ovate to suborbicular, compressed apically (latiseptate), 3–4 mm;

valves pubescent;

replum ovate to obovate;

ovules 4–6 per ovary;

style 2–3 mm.

Seeds

somewhat flattened.

plump.

2n

= 10.

Physaria parviflora

Physaria subumbellata

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Shale of steep slopes, rock crevices, ledges, canyon sides, shale-marlstone Rocky high ridges, gravel and stony areas, juniper covered knolls, rock crevices, clay hillsides, pinyon-juniper areas, calcareous substrates
Elevation 2100-2700 m (6900-8900 ft) 1600-2700 m (5200-8900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO
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from FNA
CO; UT; WY
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Physaria parviflora is known from the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation, Rio Blanco County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 657. FNA vol. 7, p. 663.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria
Sibling taxa
P. acutifolia, P. alpestris, P. alpina, P. angustifolia, P. arctica, P. arenosa, P. argyraea, P. arizonica, P. aurea, P. bellii, P. brassicoides, P. calcicola, P. calderi, P. carinata, P. chambersii, P. cinerea, P. condensata, P. congesta, P. cordiformis, P. curvipes, P. densiflora, P. didymocarpa, P. dornii, P. douglasii, P. eburniflora, P. engelmannii, P. eriocarpa, P. fendleri, P. filiformis, P. floribunda, P. fremontii, P. garrettii, P. geyeri, P. globosa, P. gooddingii, P. gordonii, P. gracilis, P. grahamii, P. hemiphysaria, P. hitchcockii, P. humilis, P. integrifolia, P. intermedia, P. kingii, P. klausii, P. lata, P. lepidota, P. lesicii, P. lindheimeri, P. ludoviciana, P. macrocarpa, P. mcvaughiana, P. montana, P. multiceps, P. navajoensis, P. nelsonii, P. newberryi, P. obcordata, P. obdeltata, P. occidentalis, P. oregona, P. ovalifolia, P. pachyphylla, P. pallida, P. parvula, P. pendula, P. pinetorum, P. prostrata, P. pruinosa, P. pulvinata, P. purpurea, P. pycnantha, P. rectipes, P. recurvata, P. reediana, P. rollinsii, P. saximontana, P. scrotiformis, P. sessilis, P. spatulata, P. subumbellata, P. tenella, P. thamnophila, P. tumulosa, P. valida, P. vicina, P. vitulifera
P. acutifolia, P. alpestris, P. alpina, P. angustifolia, P. arctica, P. arenosa, P. argyraea, P. arizonica, P. aurea, P. bellii, P. brassicoides, P. calcicola, P. calderi, P. carinata, P. chambersii, P. cinerea, P. condensata, P. congesta, P. cordiformis, P. curvipes, P. densiflora, P. didymocarpa, P. dornii, P. douglasii, P. eburniflora, P. engelmannii, P. eriocarpa, P. fendleri, P. filiformis, P. floribunda, P. fremontii, P. garrettii, P. geyeri, P. globosa, P. gooddingii, P. gordonii, P. gracilis, P. grahamii, P. hemiphysaria, P. hitchcockii, P. humilis, P. integrifolia, P. intermedia, P. kingii, P. klausii, P. lata, P. lepidota, P. lesicii, P. lindheimeri, P. ludoviciana, P. macrocarpa, P. mcvaughiana, P. montana, P. multiceps, P. navajoensis, P. nelsonii, P. newberryi, P. obcordata, P. obdeltata, P. occidentalis, P. oregona, P. ovalifolia, P. pachyphylla, P. pallida, P. parviflora, P. parvula, P. pendula, P. pinetorum, P. prostrata, P. pruinosa, P. pulvinata, P. purpurea, P. pycnantha, P. rectipes, P. recurvata, P. reediana, P. rollinsii, P. saximontana, P. scrotiformis, P. sessilis, P. spatulata, P. tenella, P. thamnophila, P. tumulosa, P. valida, P. vicina, P. vitulifera
Synonyms Lesquerella parviflora Lesquerella subumbellata
Name authority (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 326. (2002) (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 328. (2002)
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