Physaria subumbellata |
Physaria klausii |
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parasol bladderpod |
Rogers Pass or klaus' or divide bladderpod |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex simple or branched, (usually covered with persistent leaf bases, cespitose); densely pubescent, trichomes (closely appressed), rays distinct, usually bifurcate. | Perennials; caudex simple; densely pubescent, trichomes (loosely spreading), 3–5-rayed, rays distinct, furcate (with exceptionally long branches). |
Stems | several from base, erect, (unbranched, slender), 0.1–0.6 dm. |
simple from base, erect to decumbent, (slender), 0.6–1.5 dm. |
Basal leaves | blade rhombic to obovate, 2–4 cm, margins entire. |
blades obovate to deltate, 1.5–3(–4) cm, margins entire or outer one with 1 or 2 broad teeth. |
Cauline leaves | blade linear-oblanceolate, similar to basal. |
blade oblanceolate to spatulate, 0.6–1.5 cm, margins entire. |
Racemes | dense (distally, subumbellate). |
loose. |
Flowers | sepals (yellowish), oblong to elliptic, 3.5–7 mm, (median pair usually thickened apically, cucullate); petals lingulate to spatulate, 4–7 mm. |
sepals (green-yellow, often tinged with purple), elliptic, 3–4.6 mm; petals oblanceolate, 6–8 mm (claw expanded). |
Fruiting pedicels | (divaricate-ascending), 3–5 mm, (densely pubescent). |
(sigmoid), 5–9 mm. |
Fruits | (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. |
(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 | plump. |
flattened. |
2n | = 10. |
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Physaria subumbellata |
Physaria klausii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering Jul. |
Habitat | Rocky high ridges, gravel and stony areas, juniper covered knolls, rock crevices, clay hillsides, pinyon-juniper areas, calcareous substrates | Open gravel slides, solifluction cross-stripes of shale rubble, barren shale-derived soil |
Elevation | 1600-2700 m (5200-8900 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. 663. | FNA vol. 7, p. 647. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Lesquerella subumbellata | Lesquerella klausii |
Name authority | (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 328. (2002) | (Rollins) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 325. (2002) |
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