Physaria parvula |
Physaria klausii |
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pygmy bladderpod |
Rogers Pass or klaus' or divide bladderpod |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex (buried), usually branched, sometimes simple, (cespitose); densely pubescent, trichomes (appressed), 4–7-rayed, rays distinct, furcate or bifurcate near base. | Perennials; caudex simple; densely pubescent, trichomes (loosely spreading), 3–5-rayed, rays distinct, furcate (with exceptionally long branches). |
Stems | few to several from base, erect, (unbranched, slender), 0.3–1.5(–3) dm. |
simple from base, erect to decumbent, (slender), 0.6–1.5 dm. |
Basal leaves | (tufted, erect); blade linear to very narrowly spatulate, 1–3(–4) cm, margins entire (involute). |
blades obovate to deltate, 1.5–3(–4) cm, margins entire or outer one with 1 or 2 broad teeth. |
Cauline leaves | similar to basal. |
blade oblanceolate to spatulate, 0.6–1.5 cm, margins entire. |
Racemes | relatively dense. |
loose. |
Flowers | sepals (greenish yellow), elliptic, 3.5–7 mm; petals spatulate, 5–6 mm, (not clawed). |
sepals (green-yellow, often tinged with purple), elliptic, 3–4.6 mm; petals oblanceolate, 6–8 mm (claw expanded). |
Fruiting pedicels | (ascending, curved or sigmoid), 2–10 mm. |
(sigmoid), 5–9 mm. |
Fruits | (erect), ovoid (or longer than broad), usually inflated, 4–5 mm, (apex acute, slightly flattened); valves pubescent, trichomes appressed; ovules 4–8 per ovary; style 2–4 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, (mucilaginous). |
flattened. |
2n | = 10, 20. |
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Physaria parvula |
Physaria klausii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering Jul. |
Habitat | Exposed windblown ridges, gravelly hills, open rocky knolls, gravelly hilltops, clay hillsides, granitic sand, reddish soil, sagebrush, mountain scrub, and pinyon-juniper areas | Open gravel slides, solifluction cross-stripes of shale rubble, barren shale-derived soil |
Elevation | 1800-2800 m (5900-9200 ft) | 1200-1900 m (3900-6200 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; UT; WY
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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. 657. | FNA vol. 7, p. 647. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
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Synonyms | Lesquerella parvula, Lesquerella alpina subsp. parvula, Lesquerella alpina var. parvula | Lesquerella klausii |
Name authority | (Greene) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 326. (2002) | (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 325. (2002) |
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