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Mountain-view Bladderpod - Physaria pycnantha
Other Names:
Lesquerella alpina var. condensata [in part and misapplied], Physaria nelsonii [in part]
General Description
Stems erect to ascending, 1–8 cm from a branched caudex clothed in old leaf bases. Basal leaves 4–20 mm long, linear, narrowly oblong, entire. Stem leaves similar. Vestiture of dense, stellate hairs, the branches raised. Petals 3.5–7.5 mm long. Fruit ovoid, inflated, 2–3 mm high; style 1.5–3.5 mm long; seeds 2 to 4 per locule; pedicels sigmoid-spreading, 3–5 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
Endemic to MT and adjacent ID (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 39
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Relative Density
Recency
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Stony, usually calcareous soil of open slopes in grasslands, steppe; valleys to montane (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
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References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Grady, B. R., and S. L. O'Kane. 2007. New Species and Combinations in Physaria (Brassicaceae) from Western North America. Novon 17 (2): 182-192.
Grady, Benjamin R. 2005. Molecules, morphology, and biogeography: an analysis of the phylogeny and taxonomy of the Physaria reediana species complex (Brassicaceae).- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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