Physaria ovalifolia subsp. ovalifolia

Synonyms: Lesquerella ovata Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 656. Mentioned on page 655.

Caudex branched (well-developed). Stems several from base, stiffly erect, (unbranched, slender), 1–2 dm. Basal leaves: blade (outer) suborbicular or ovate to elliptic, base narrowing abruptly to petiole, margins entire. Racemes usually not elongated (subumbellate). Petals usually yellow, rarely white, 6.5–12 (–14) mm, usually 1.5 times or less as long as sepals. 2n = 12, 24, 36, 48, 50, 72.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Bare limestone flats, rocky knolls and slopes, limestone chip, gypseous outcrops, rock crevices, exposed caprock
Elevation: 500-1700 m

Distribution

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Colo., Kans., Nebr., N.Mex., Okla., Tex.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"elongated" is not a number."thick" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

72 +, 50 +, 48 +, 36 +, 24 +  and 12 +
ovate +  and narrowly oblong +
Steve L. O’Kane Jr. +
(Rydberg) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz +
narrowing +
Lesquerella ovalifolia +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
repand +  and dentate +
ovate;elliptic +
much smaller +  and reduced +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
sessile +  and petiolate +
well-developed +
distinct +
not +  and differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
Colo. +, Kans. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +  and Tex. +
500-1700 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
actinomorphic +
suborbicular +  and obovate or obdeltate +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
2-valved +  and capsular +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
subglobose +  and broadly ellipsoid inflated or slightly compressed +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 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 +
Bare limestone flats, rocky knolls and slopes, limestone chip, gypseous outcrops, rock crevices, exposed caprock +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
cauline +  and basal +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
sinuate;dentate;sinuate;dentate +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
white +  and yellow +
1.5 times or as long as sepals;1.5 times or as long as sepals +
rudimentary +
obdeltate +, oblanceolate +, ovate +, obovate +  and spatulate +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flowering Mar–May. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
ascending +, spreading +, horizontal +  and erect +
slender +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
furcate +
rounded +  and narrowly oblong +
not +  and mucilaginous +
margined +  and winged +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
flattened +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br />) +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
spreading +  and erect +
not saccate +, subsaccate +, deltate +, ovate +, oblong +, elliptic +, lanceolate +  and linear +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
perforate +  and complete +
reduced +
latiseptate +, schizocarpic +, samaroid +  and lomentaceous +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
angustiseptate +, flat +, angled +, terete +, torulose +, not +, segmented +  and nutletlike +
tetradynamous +
branched +  and unbranched +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
2-lobed +  and entire +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Lesquerella ovata +
Physaria ovalifolia subsp. ovalifolia +
Physaria ovalifolia +
subspecies +
stellate-scalelike +
coiled +, 1-7-veined +  and veined +
anastomosing +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
15 +, 12 +, 10 +, 9 +, 8 +, 7 +, 6 +, 5 +  and 4 +