Physaria ovalifolia subsp. alba
Novon 12: 326. 2002.
Basionym: Lesquerella ovalifolia var. alba Goodman Rhodora 38: 239. 1936
Synonyms: Lesquerella engelmannii subsp. alba (Goodman) C. Clark Lesquerella ovalifolia subsp. alba (Goodman) Rollins & E. A. Shaw Physaria ovalifolia var. alba (Goodman) B. L. Turner
Caudex usually simple. Stems usually few from base, erect or outer decumbent, 1.5–2.5 dm. Basal leaves: blade (outer) often broadly elliptic, base narrowing gradually to petiole, margins sinuate to dentate (or blade deltate, less than 1 cm, base abruptly narrowed to petiole). Racemes usually elongated. Petals white, (9–) 11–15 mm, often 2 times as long as sepals. 2n = 12.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–May, usually in Apr.
Habitat: Limey and gravelly knolls, grassland hills, limestone hillsides and breaks, gypsum, shale, rocky calcareous soils, stony areas, prairie pastures, limestone roadcuts
Elevation: 150-700 m
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hypogynous +
dithecal +
dehiscing +
petiolate +
rosulate +
opposite +
absent +
narrowing +
elliptic +
auriculate +
obovate;elliptic;suborbicular;elliptic or ovate or deltate +
absent +
simple +
pubescent +
woody +
well-developed +
distinct +
absent +
accumbent +
3[2]-fid +
absent +
absent +
median +
dilated +
actinomorphic +
bisexual +
dehiscent +
dehiscent +
distinct +
absent +
Limey and gravelly knolls, grassland hills, limestone hillsides and breaks, gypsum, shale, rocky calcareous soils, stony areas, prairie pastures, limestone roadcuts +
racemose +
pungent +
watery +
absent +
connivent +
spreading +
decurrent +
sinuate;dentate +
absent +
1-seeded +
obscure +
confluent +
receptacular +
variable +
simple +
eseptate +
parietal +
apical +
8;16 +
decussate +
absent +
hypogynous +
alternate +
white +
2 times as long as sepals +
absent +
rudimentary +
2-carpellate +
4-11-colpate +
Novon +
2002 +
ebracteate +
divaricate +
sigmoid +
slender +
coiled +
accumbent +
conduplicate +
incumbent +
tiny +
indistinct +
wider +
slender +
biseriate +
flattened +
saccate +
elliptic +
distinct +
lateral +
absent +
reduced +
longitudinal +
tetradynamous +
equal +
decumbent +
erect +
outer +
few +
absent +
persistent +
distinct +
absent +
obsolete +
Physaria ovalifolia subsp. alba +
Physaria ovalifolia +
subspecies +
several-rayed +
mixed +
stellate +
stellate-scalelike +
dehiscing +
glabrous +
anastomosing +
not scapose +
perennial +
pubescent +
eglandular +
subshrub +
submerged +