Physaria kingii subsp. kaibabensis

(Rollins) O’Kane

Novon 17: 380. 2007.

Common names: Kaibab bladderpod
Basionym: Lesquerella kaibabensis Rollins Contr. Gray Herb. 211: 110. 1982
Synonyms: Physaria kaibabensis (Rollins) N. H. Holmgren
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 647. Mentioned on page 645.

Plants decumbent to ascending; trichomes (no information available). Basal leaves: blade margins entire. Racemes not usually secund, hardly elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels (divaricate-ascending), straight or slightly sigmoid. Petals cream-white or white. Fruits as wide as or longer than wide, apex rounded-acute; valves glabrous inside; septum complete; ovules 10–14 per ovary; style 1–2 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Jun.
Habitat: Limestone-clay knolls, in open, parklike meadows
Elevation: 2500-2700 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies kaibabensis is found on the Kaibab Plateau.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.