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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Physaria floribunda
|accepted_authority=Rydberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=28: 279. 1901
|year=1901
}}
|common_names=Point-tip twinpod
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Physarieae;Physaria;Physaria floribunda
|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 floribunda]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 617
|treatment_page=page 637
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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 branched, (cespitose);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="caudex architecture;caudex pubescence;trichome architecture;ray shape">(silvery) pubescent throughout, trichomes several-rayed, rays mostly furcate, (arms of unequal lengths, finely tuberculate).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem quantity;stem orientation;stem position;stem growth form or orientation;stem some measurement"><b>Stems </b>several from base, erect or lateral decumbent, (unbranched), 1–2 dm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties=""><b>Basal </b>leaves: (petiole usually winged);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade some measurement;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape">blade broadly oblanceolate, 3–8 cm, margins usually dentate or pinnatifid, rarely subentire, (terminal lobe acute or obtuse, not rounded).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade shape;blade some measurement;margin architecture or shape;margin shape"><b>Cauline </b>leaves: blade spatulate to linear-oblanceolate, 1–3 cm, margins usually entire, rarely toothed, (apex acute).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties=""><b>Racemes </b>loose (and greatly elongated in fruit) to congested.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="raceme architecture;raceme some measurement"><b>Fruiting </b>pedicels (recurved), 6–15 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal shape;sepal some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals linear-oblong, 5–7 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal shape;petal some measurement">petals spatulate, 9–11 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit length;fruit width"><b>Fruits </b>(usually pendent on arching pedicels, less frequently widely divergent), irregular in shape, (base obtuse or slightly cordate, apex deeply and broadly notched), not strongly inflated, 8–11 × 8–12 mm, (papery);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="">valves retaining seeds after dehiscence;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="replum shape;replum size;replum some measurement;fruit width;fruit width;apex shape">replum linear-oblong, constricted, 2.5–4 mm, 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 5–8 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>flattened.</span><!--

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|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.
|discussion=<p>Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Fruit valves inflated, membranous; trichomes appressed.
|[[Physaria floribunda subsp. floribunda|Physaria floribunda subsp. floribunda]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Fruit valves usually not inflated, coriaceous; trichomes slightly spreading.
|[[Physaria floribunda subsp. osterhoutii|Physaria floribunda subsp. osterhoutii]]
|}
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name=Physaria floribunda
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1901
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V7/V7_1052.xml
|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Physarieae
|genus=Physaria
|species=Physaria floribunda
|apex shape=obtuse
|blade shape=spatulate;linear-oblanceolate
|blade some measurement=1cm;3cm
|caudex architecture=branched
|caudex pubescence=pubescent
|fruit length=8mm;11mm
|fruit shape=inflated;irregular
|fruit width=wider;wider;8mm;12mm
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin shape=toothed;subentire;pinnatifid;dentate
|ovule quantity=4
|petal shape=spatulate
|petal some measurement=9mm;11mm
|raceme architecture=loose;congested
|raceme some measurement=6mm;15mm
|ray shape=furcate
|replum shape=linear-oblong
|replum size=constricted
|replum some measurement=2.5mm;4mm
|seed shape=flattened
|sepal shape=linear-oblong
|sepal some measurement=5mm;7mm
|stem growth form or orientation=decumbent
|stem orientation=erect
|stem position=lateral
|stem quantity=several
|stem some measurement=1dm;2dm
|style some measurement=5mm;8mm
|trichome architecture=several-rayed
|whole-organism duration=perennial
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