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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; (flowering in the first year); caudex branched, (well-developed); densely pubescent, trichomes (subsessile, appressed to spreading), 3–6-rayed, rays furcate or bifurcate, usually slightly fused at base, less frequently distinct.
Stems

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

few to several from base, ascending (in flower) to nearly prostrate (in fruit), (unbranched), 1–2.5 dm.

Basal leaves

(tufted);

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

(petiole 1–3.5 cm);

blade ovate to rhombic or rotund, 2–7 cm, (base narrowed abruptly to petiole), margins usually entire, occasionally shallowly repand, (flat).

Cauline leaves

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

blade elliptic or narrowly so, (0.7–)1–2.5 cm, (base narrowed gradually to petiole), margins entire.

Racemes

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

dense, (elongated in fruit).

Flowers

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

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

sepals (lavender under grayish trichomes), elliptic, 4–6 mm;

petals (white, pale yellow basally, often tinged lavender abaxially), narrowly spatulate, 6–10 mm, (claw undifferentiated from blade).

Fruiting pedicels

(recurved), 6–8(–12) mm.

(ascending, curved to slightly sigmoid), (4–)6–12 mm, (stout).

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.

subglobose to ovoid, slightly compressed, 5–7 mm;

valves densely pubescent, trichomes spreading;

ovules 8–12 per ovary;

style 4–6 mm.

Seeds

somewhat flattened.

flattened, (faintly margined).

Physaria parviflora

Physaria vicina

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Shale of steep slopes, rock crevices, ledges, canyon sides, shale-marlstone Nearly barren sites, soils derived from Mancos Shale or, less frequently, Jurassic sandstone, pinyon-juniper, sagebrush, Gambel oak
Elevation 2100-2700 m (6900-8900 ft) 1800-2200 m (5900-7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO
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from FNA
CO
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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.)

Of conservation concern.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 657. FNA vol. 7, p. 665.
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. subumbellata, P. tenella, P. thamnophila, P. tumulosa, P. valida, P. vitulifera
Synonyms Lesquerella parviflora Lesquerella vicina
Name authority (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 326. (2002) (J. L. Anderson: Novon 12: 328. (2002)
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