Physaria humilis (rollins) o'kane Al-shehbaz

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Physaria

Characteristics

Perennials; caudex simple, (thickened with persistent leaf bases); densely (silvery) pubescent, trichomes 5-or 6-rayed, rays furcate or 3-branched. Stems simple or few to several from base, prostrate, (from below a terminal rosette of leaves, unbranched), 0.2-0.5 dm. Basal leaves: blade elliptic to broadly ovate or obovate, (1-)1.5-2.5(-3) cm, margins entire, (apex obtuse). Cauline leaves: blade spatulate, 3-7 mm, (base cuneate), margins entire. Racemes not loose, (scarcely elongated in fruit, 3-5-flowered). Fruiting pedicels (straight or slightly curved). Flowers: sepals (yellow-green), narrowly elliptic to narrowly long-triangular, 3.7-5 mm; petals oblanceolate to nearly obovate, 7-8.5 mm, (abruptly tapering to narrow claw). Fruits wider than long, apex truncate to shallowly notched, compressed (angustiseptate), 3-4 mm; valves densely pubescent, trichomes ascending to erect, sparsely pubescent inside; ovules 4 per ovary; style 2-3 mm. Seeds plump, (slightly compressed).
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.05
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Physaria humilis (rollins) o'kane world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008554-1
WFO ID wfo-0001266248
COL ID 4HG3H
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Lesquerella humilis Physaria humilis (rollins) o'kane