Physaria gracilis subsp. gracilis

Synonyms: Lesquerella polyantha (Schlechtendal) Small Vesicaria polyantha Schlechtendal
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 641.

Stems to 7 dm; bud clusters erect to drooping. Cauline leaves: blade margins usually deeply dentate, rarely repand. Fruiting pedicels slender to stout. Fruits ± sessile, globose or subglobose, 3–6 mm, base rounded. 2n = 12.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Prairies, pastures, grassy banks, rocky slopes, sandy loam, roadsides, old fields
Elevation: 50-300 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ill., Iowa, La., Miss., Mo., Okla., Tenn., Tex.

Discussion

Subspecies gracilis is adventive in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and western Tennessee.

The record from Iowa was based on Gilly & MacDonald 827, reported to be in the Parsons College herbarium, now at ISTC. The specimen has not been relocated.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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ovate +  and narrowly oblong +
Steve L. O’Kane Jr. +
(Hooker) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz +
rounded +
Vesicaria gracilis +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (11.5 cm115 mm <br />0.115 m <br />) +
oblanceolate;oblong +
much smaller +  and reduced +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
erect +  and drooping +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
sessile +  and petiolate +
well-developed +
distinct +
not +  and differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
Ala. +, Ill. +, Iowa +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Okla. +, Tenn. +  and Tex. +
50-300 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
actinomorphic +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
subglobose +  and globose +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
latiseptate +, stipitate +, , +, subsessile +  and sessile +
angustiseptate +, terete +, not +, inflated +, not torulose +, obovoid +, ovoid +, ovate +, obpyriform +, oblong +, obdeltate +, obcordate +, lanceolate +, elliptic +, ellipsoid +, suborbicular +, orbicular +, subglobose +  and globose +
latiseptate +  and unsegmented +
angustiseptate +  and terete +
Prairies, pastures, grassy banks, rocky slopes, sandy loam, roadsides, old fields +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
cauline +  and basal +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
dentate;repand +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
purple +, white +, orange +  and yellow +
rudimentary +
obdeltate +, oblanceolate +, ovate +, obovate +  and spatulate +
Flowering Mar–May. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
ascending +, spreading +, horizontal +  and erect +
slender +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
distinct +
bifurcate +  and furcate +
rounded +  and narrowly oblong +
not +  and mucilaginous +
margined +  and winged +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
flattened +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
spreading +  and erect +
ovate +  and elliptic +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
perforate +  and complete +
reduced +
latiseptate +, schizocarpic +, samaroid +  and lomentaceous +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
angustiseptate +, flat +, angled +, terete +, torulose +, not +, segmented +  and nutletlike +
tetradynamous +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
2-lobed +  and entire +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +
distinct +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Lesquerella polyantha +  and Vesicaria polyantha +
Physaria gracilis subsp. gracilis +
Physaria gracilis +
subspecies +
simple +, stalked +, subsessile +  and sessile +
stellate-scalelike +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
anastomosing +
biennial +  and annual +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
15 +, 12 +, 10 +, 9 +, 8 +, 7 +, 6 +, 5 +  and 4 +