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|accepted_name=Physaria bellii
|accepted_authority=G. A. Mulligan
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Canad. J. Bot.
|place=44: 1662, fig. 1, plate 1, fig. 3. 1966
|year=1966
}}
|common_names=Bell’s or Front Range twinpod
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Physarieae;Physaria;Physaria bellii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Physarieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Physaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Physaria bellii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 617, 618
|treatment_page=page 628
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism duration">Perennials;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="">caudex simple, (relatively large);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="caudex architecture;caudex pubescence;ray shape;ray fusion">densely (silvery) pubescent, trichomes (sessile, appressed), rays furcate, fused at base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem architecture;stem growth form or orientation;stem some measurement"><b>Stems </b>simple from base, decumbent to nearly prostrate, 0.5–1.3 dm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties=""><b>Basal </b>leaves (strongly rosulate; shortly petiolate);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade quantity;margin architecture or shape">blade broadly obovate, 1.5–7.5 (width 7.5–26 mm, base gradually tapering to petiole), margins shallowly dentate, (apex obtuse).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade shape;blade some measurement;margin architecture or shape"><b>Cauline </b>leaves: blade oblanceolate to broadly obovate, 1–2.5 cm, margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties=""><b>Racemes </b>dense.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="raceme density;raceme some measurement"><b>Fruiting </b>pedicels (divaricate-ascending to widely spreading, slightly sigmoid to curved), 7–12 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower shape;flower some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals (pale-yellow or yellow-green), narrowly lanceolate to narrowly deltate, 4–8 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal coloration;petal shape;petal some measurement">petals yellow, broadly spatulate to obovate, 9–13 mm, (not clawed).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruit architecture or arrangement;fruit shape;fruit length;fruit width"><b>Fruits </b>didymous, slightly flattened (contrary to replum) to uncompressed, 4–9 × 2–8 mm, (strongly coriaceous, apical and basal sinuses narrow, deep);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="valve pubescence;trichome fixation or orientation">valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), pubescent, trichomes appressed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="replum shape;fruit width;fruit width;apex shape">replum narrowly oblanceolate to narrowly linear-oblong, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex obtuse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovules 4 per ovary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style some measurement">style more than 3 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>compressed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed shape;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 8.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun(-Jul).
|habitat=Dark shale, road cuts, ridge crests, washes
|elevation=1500-1800 m
|distribution=Colo.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>Physaria bellii is often found in shale and limestone soils of the Fountain/Ingleside, Lykins, Niobrara, and Pierre formations. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Physaria bellii
|authority=G. A. Mulligan
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun(-Jul).
|habitat=Dark shale, road cuts, ridge crests, washes
|elevation=1500-1800 m
|distribution=Colo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Canad. J. Bot.
|publication year=1966
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V7/V7_1024.xml
|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Physarieae
|genus=Physaria
|species=Physaria bellii
|2n chromosome quantity=8
|apex shape=obtuse
|blade quantity=1.5;7.5
|blade shape=oblanceolate;broadly obovate
|blade some measurement=1cm;2.5cm
|caudex architecture=simple
|caudex pubescence=pubescent
|flower shape=narrowly lanceolate;narrowly deltate
|flower some measurement=4mm;8mm
|fruit architecture or arrangement=didymous
|fruit length=4mm;9mm
|fruit shape=flattened
|fruit width=wider;wider;2mm;8mm
|margin architecture or shape=entire;dentate
|ovule quantity=4
|petal coloration=yellow
|petal shape=broadly spatulate;obovate
|petal some measurement=9mm;13mm
|raceme density=dense
|raceme some measurement=7mm;12mm
|ray fusion=fused
|ray shape=furcate
|replum shape=narrowly oblanceolate;narrowly linear-oblong
|seed shape=compressed
|stem architecture=simple
|stem growth form or orientation=decumbent;nearly prostrate
|stem some measurement=0.5dm;1.3dm
|trichome fixation or orientation=appressed
|valve pubescence=pubescent
|whole-organism duration=perennial
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