alpine bladderpod, reed's twinpod, Rollins' bladderpod
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silver bladderpod
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Perennials; caudex simple or branched, (covered with persistent leaf bases, loosely cespitose); densely pubescent, trichomes (appressed to ascending, plant appearing shaggy, always appressed on fruits), 4- or 5-rayed, rays furcate or bifurcate, (tuberculate throughout). |
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few to several from base, ± erect, (arising laterally, also from within basal leaves), 0.2–0.4 dm. |
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(erect); blade linear-oblanceolate, 1.2–2.8 cm, (base gradually narrowed to petiole), margins entire. |
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blade linear, similar to basal. |
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dense, (often subumbellate, not or barely exceeding basal leaves). |
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sepals (pale green-yellow), oblong to elliptic, 4–5 mm, (median pair usually thickened apically, cucullate); petals lingulate, 6–9 mm. |
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(ascending, curved), 3–5.5 mm. |
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lanceolate in outline, compressed (latiseptate) on margins and at apex, 4–5 mm; valves pubescent, trichomes closely appressed; ovules 8–12 per ovary; style 3.5–4.5 mm (equaling or exceeding length of fruit, curved proximal to stigma). |
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plump, (oblong). |
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Flowering May–Jul. |
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Open areas of grasslands on calcareous soils |
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1200-1900 m (3900-6200 ft) |
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CO; NE; WY
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TX; n Mexico |
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Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
FNA vol. 7, p. 660. |
FNA vol. 7, p. 627. |
Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
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. 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. 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. vicina, P. vitulifera |
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Vesicaria alpina, Alyssum alpinum, Lesquerella alpina, Lesquerella alpina var. laevis, Lesquerella condensata var. laevis |
Vesicaria argyraea, Alyssum argyraeum, Lesquerella argyraea |
O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 327. (2002) |
(A. Gray) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 321. (2002) |
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