Physaria kingii subsp. bernardina

(Munz) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

Novon 12: 324. 2002.

Basionym: Lesquerella bernardina Munz
Synonyms: Lesquerella kingii subsp. bernardina (Munz) Munz Physaria kingii var. bernardina (Munz) B. L. Turner
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 646. Mentioned on page 645.
Revision as of 18:54, 18 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Plants erect; trichomes tuberculate throughout, less densely so over the center, (rays often fused at base). Basal leaves: blade margins entire. Racemes not secund, fairly dense in fruit. Fruiting pedicels straight (nearly erect), or sigmoid. Petals yellow. Fruits as wide as or longer than wide, apex rounded-acute; valves glabrous inside; septum complete or 1/3–1/2 perforate; ovules 4–8 per ovary; style 6–9 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Pine woods
Elevation: 1800-2200 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies bernardina is found near Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.