Physaria lepidota subsp. lepidota

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 648.

Trichomes: rays fused nearly to tips. Basal leaves: blades elliptic, apex usually obtuse. Fruits: sinuses deep, or shallow basally, deep apically. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Clay soil of road cuts, clayey knolls, steep chiprock slides, shalelike rocky outcrops, pinyon-juniper areas.
Elevation: 1500-2700

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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ovate +  and narrowly oblong +
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Rollins +
dehiscence +
narrowed +, keeled +  and rounded +
Vesicaria sect. Physaria +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
repand +  and dentate +
oblanceolate;spatulate;broadly oblanceolate +
much smaller +  and reduced +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
sessile +  and petiolate +
well-developed +
distinct +
not +  and differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
1500-2700 +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
actinomorphic +
lingulate +, boat-shaped +, linear +  and linear-oblong +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
2-valved +  and capsular +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
inflated +  and semiorbicular +
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 +
Clay soil of road cuts, clayey knolls, steep chiprock slides, shalelike rocky outcrops, pinyon-juniper areas. +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
cauline +  and basal +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
keeled;rounded +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
purple +, white +, orange +  and yellow +
rudimentary +
obdeltate +, oblanceolate +, ovate +, obovate +  and spatulate +
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
ascending +, spreading +, horizontal +  and erect +
slender +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
narrowly oblong +  and linear +
not +  and mucilaginous +
margined +  and winged +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
flattened +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
spreading +  and erect +
not saccate +, subsaccate +, deltate +, ovate +, oblong +, elliptic +, lanceolate +  and linear +
perforate +  and complete +
reduced +
dehiscence +
keeled +  and rounded +
latiseptate +, schizocarpic +, samaroid +  and lomentaceous +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
angustiseptate +, flat +, angled +, terete +, torulose +, not +, segmented +  and nutletlike +
deep +  and shallow +
tetradynamous +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
spreading +  and erect +
2-lobed +  and entire +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +
distinct +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Coulterina +  and Lesquerella +
Physaria lepidota subsp. lepidota +
Physaria lepidota +
subspecies +
simple +, stalked +, subsessile +  and sessile +
stellate-scalelike +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
anastomosing +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
15 +, 12 +, 10 +, 9 +, 8 +, 7 +, 6 +, 5 +  and 4 +