Physaria vitulifera |
Physaria brassicoides |
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roundtip twinpod |
double bladderpod, double twinpod |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex simple or branched, (cespitose); (silvery) pubescent throughout, trichomes several-rayed, rays furcate or bifurcate, (relatively massive, smooth to few-tubercled). | Perennials; (somewhat compact); caudex branched, (relatively large); (silvery) pubescent throughout, trichomes (sessile), several-rayed, rays furcate, (slightly umbonate, tuberculate throughout). |
Stems | several from base, usually decumbent to ascending, (arising laterally, unbranched, coarse), 1–2 dm. |
several from base, decumbent to ascending (arising laterally, unbranched, stout), (0.2–)0.5–1.7 dm. |
Basal leaves | blade pandurate or obovate, 3–6 cm, margins usually deeply and broadly incised, rarely subentire, (apex obtuse). |
(petiole somewhat winged); blades orbicular to obovate, 2–6 cm (width 1–2.5 cm, thick), margins usually repand, rarely entire, (adaxial surface scurfy). |
Cauline leaves | blade oblanceolate to spatulate, similar to basal, (3–6 mm wide), margins entire, (apex often somewhat acute). |
blade oblanceolate to broadly spatulate, 1–2 cm (width 3–5 mm), margins entire, (apex obtuse to subacute). |
Racemes | congested, (elongated in fruit). |
moderately dense (or elongated). |
Flowers | sepals oblong, 6–8 mm; petals spatulate, to 10 mm. |
sepals linear-oblong, 6–8 mm; petals spatulate, 9–12 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | (usually curving upward, sigmoid), 6–10 mm. |
(divergent, straight to somewhat curved or sigmoid), 5–12 mm. |
Fruits | didymous, irregular in shape, somewhat angular, inflated, 5–7 × 6–8 mm, (papery, often rigid, base obtuse or truncate, apical sinus broad, open and deep); valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), pubescent, trichomes spreading, loose; replum oblong, often constricted, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex obtuse; ovules 4 per ovary; style 5–7 mm. |
(erect), didymous, cordate, moderately inflated, (6–)10–20 × 10–23 mm, (papery, base obtuse or with obscure sinus, apical sinus deep, broad); valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), densely and loosely pubescent, trichomes spreading; replum linear-oblong, constricted, as wide as or wider than fruit; ovules 4 per ovary; style 4–5(–9) mm. |
Seeds | flattened. |
plump, (broad). |
2n | = 8, 16. |
= 8, 16. |
Physaria vitulifera |
Physaria brassicoides |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Rocky hillsides, dry banks, gravel and sand, granitic slopes, soil scree, red shale | Bare hillsides, dry gravel and clay soil, badlands, clay knolls, banks |
Elevation | 1600-3000 m (5200-9800 ft) | 900-1400 m (3000-4600 ft) |
Distribution |
CO
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CO; MT; ND; NE; SD; WY
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 665. | FNA vol. 7, p. 628. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria | Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. (1901) | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 237. (1902) |
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