Physaria parviflora |
Physaria subumbellata |
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frosty bladderpod, Piceance bladderpod, Picenace bladderpod |
parasol bladderpod |
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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. |
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Physaria parviflora |
Physaria subumbellata |
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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 |
CO
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 657. | FNA vol. 7, p. 663. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
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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