Physaria repanda

Physaria repanda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Physaria
Species: P. repanda
Binomial name
Physaria repanda
Rollins, 1984

Physaria repanda, commonly known as the Indian Canyon twinpod is a species of mustard plant distributed in Utah. It is a perennial wildflower.[1][2]

Description

It has dense, stellate, and pubescent trichomes. Its caudex is thick, and is around 1-2 dm long. Its radical leaves are rosulate and ascending. These leaves measure about 4–7 cm long and 1-2.5 cm wide, and can be shaped broadly ovate to almost orbicular. Its cauline leaves are oblanceolate, and measures 1.5–3 cm long. Its sepals are oblong and measure 7–9 mm long and 2–3 mm wide. Its petals are yellow, lingulate to spatulate, and measure 10–12 mm long and 3–4 mm wide. Its pedicels are ascending, and measure 1-1.5 cm long. Its siliques are didymous, densely pubescent, and can grow up to 1.5 cm high. Its replum can be pubescent or glabrous, and it measures 4–5 mm long. Its immature seeds are wingless and plump.[3]

References

  1. "Tropicos | Name - Physaria repanda Rollins". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  2. "Plants Profile for Physaria repanda (Indian Canyon twinpod)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  3. Rollins, Reed (1984). "Studies in the Cruciferae of western North America". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University.
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