Physaria eriocarpa |
Physaria nelsonii |
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sheep mountain bladderpod |
Nelson's bladderpod |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex branched, (thickened, cespitose); densely pubescent, trichomes 5- or 6-rayed, rays slightly fused at base, furcate or bifurcate, (tuberculate throughout). | Perennials; (diminutive); caudex branched, (densely cespitose, mound-forming); densely pubescent, trichomes (flaring, giving a shaggy appearance), usually 4–5-rayed, rays furcate or bifurcate, (strongly tuberculate throughout). |
Stems | few from base, well-exserted from basal leaves, 0.4–1(–1.2) dm. |
few to several from base, erect, (from basal tuft), 0.1–0.2(–0.3) dm, (not or just barely exceeding leaves). |
Basal leaves | blade (erect), obovate to orbicular, 1.5–2.5 cm, (base evidently distinct from petiole), margins entire, (folded). |
blade spatulate to oblanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm, (base gradually narrowed to petiole), margins entire. |
Cauline leaves | blade spatulate, margins entire. |
(absent or few); similar to basal, blade linear. |
Racemes | compact, subumbellate. |
dense, (few-flowered). |
Flowers | sepals (pale yellow), 4–5 mm; petals lingulate, 6–7 mm. |
sepals (pale yellow), oblong to elliptic, 4–5 mm, (median pair usually thickened apically, cucullate); petals (bright yellow), lingulate, 6–8 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | (ascending, curved to slightly sigmoid), 5–8 mm. |
(loosely sigmoid), 3–5 mm. |
Fruits | ovoid to ellipsoid, slightly inflated, (apex not compressed), 3–4 mm; valves pubescent, trichomes erect on mature fruits, (± appearing fuzzy); ovules 8 per ovary; style 4–5 mm, (glabrous). |
lanceolate, compressed apically, 2.5–3(–4) mm; valves pubescent, trichomes spreading, (appearing fuzzy), rarely with trichomes inside; ovules 4–8 per ovary; style 2.5–4 mm. |
Seeds | plump. |
plump, (oblong). |
Physaria eriocarpa |
Physaria nelsonii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering May-mid Jun. |
Habitat | Windswept ridge lines and mountain peaks in limestone rubble and cobbles | Limestone, windswept knolls and cliffs, nearly barren areas with other cushion-forming plants |
Elevation | 2600-3000 m (8500-9800 ft) | 1600-2300 m (5200-7500 ft) |
Distribution |
MT |
UT; WY |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Physaria eriocarpa is known from Sheep Mountain. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Physaria nelsonii is morphologically similar to 73. P. pycnantha, which traditionally was included in a broader P. nelsonii. These allopatric species are distinguished by styles equal to or exceeding the length of fruit and fruiting stems overtopped by basal leaves (P. nelsonii) versus styles shorter than fruits and fruiting stems usually exserted beyond basal leaves (P. pycnantha). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 636. | FNA vol. 7, p. 652. |
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Synonyms | Lesquerella condensata, Lesquerella alpina subsp. condensata, Lesquerella alpina var. condensata | |
Name authority | Grady & O’Kane: Novon 17: 184, fig. 3. (2007) | O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 326. (2002) |
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