| Physaria lepidota | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Physaria |
| Species: | P. lepidota |
| Binomial name | |
| Physaria lepidota Rollins | |
| Synonyms | |
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(for subsp. membranacea)
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Physaria lepidota, the Kane County twinpod, is a plant species endemic to Utah. It is known only from Kane, Washington, and Garfield Counties in the southern part of the state. It grows on rocky slopes and outcrops, and sometimes in disturbed areas.
Physaria lepidota is a perennial herb with most of the above-ground parts covered with a silvery pubescence. Stems branch at the base but rarely above, sometimes reaching a height of 20 cm (8 inches). Flowers are yellow, born in a dense raceme. Fruits are highly inflated, up to 20 mm (0.8 inches) across with purplish papery walls.
Subspecies
Despite the limited range of the species, two subspecies are generally recognized, differing in the shapes of the fruits and of the hairs in the pubescence:
Physaria lepidota subsp. lepidota
and
Physaria lepidota subsp. membranacea
The two subspecies also differ in chromosome number (2n=16 for subsp. lepidota, 2n=8 for subsp. membranacea).
References
- "The Plant List". Archived from the original on 2024-07-26. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
- USDA Plant Resources Conservation Service, Plants Profile
- ^ Flora of North America v 7 p 648 Archived 2014-02-25 at the Wayback Machine.
- Rollins, R. C. 1981. Studies in the genus Physaria (Cruciferae). Brittonia 33(3): 332–341.
- Holmgren, N. H., P. K. Holmgren & A.J. Cronquist. 2005. Vascular plants of the intermountain west, U.S.A., subclass Dilleniidae. 2(B): 1–488. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Publishing Co., New York.
- "O'Kane, Steve Lawrence. Novon 17(4): 531. 2007". Archived from the original on 2024-07-26. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
- Rollins, Reed C. (1981). "Studies in the Genus Physaria (Cruciferae)". Brittonia. 33 (3): 332–341. Bibcode:1981Britt..33..332R. doi:10.2307/2806423. JSTOR 2806423. Archived from the original on 2024-07-16. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
