Pointtip Twinpod Physaria floribunda Mustard family (Brassicaceae)
There are a number of Physaria in our region and although there are even some in the zone, most are in the high desert. They typically have numerous clusters of small bright yellow flowers 3-10' above the ground. Compare Point Tip Twinpod (Physaria floribunda with Double Bladderpod (P. acutifolia), a very common Physaria through all of western Colorado. Seed pods of most Physaria are . "Floribunda" means "abundant flowers."
, mat-forming, with dried leaf bases. Numerous star burst hairs. Stems to 6", along the ground or erect. Wavy-edged to 3" including long ; stem leaves usually and small. Yellow petals to 1/3" long. pendant or spreading, slightly , deeply notched near top.
An entire leaf has smooth edges. Not toothed or lobed.
A perennial plant lives and blooms for many years.
persistent -- When the leaves of a plant fail to fall off in the fall they are persistent.
Flowers that stay around after fruiting would be persistent.
fruit -- any seed-bearing structure in flowering plants.
It is formed from the ovary after flowering.
basal leaves -- a leaf that grows lowest on the stem of a plant.
petiole -- the stalk of a leaf.
inflated -- Swollen. Looks unusually large.
alpine -- above the tree line. Thin soil, rocks, short growing season, frost, winter snow.
