Piceance Bladderpod (Physaria parviflora)

Piceance Bladderpod (Physaria parviflora)

Piceance Bladderpod (Physaria parviflora), Mustard Family (Brassicaceae). A Colorado endemic, known from Rio Blanco, Garfield, and Mesa Counties. imperiled in Colorado and globally (G2S2). There are 27 principle occurrences, but 16 of them have not been observed in...
Physaria medicinae

Physaria medicinae

Physaria medicinae, Mustard Family (Brasicaceae). This is a newly collected species by Steve O’Kane and his graduate student at the University of Northern Iowa that has not yet described! It is found at the north end of North Park and environs, in Jackson County...
Piceance Twinpod (Physaria obcordata)

Piceance Twinpod (Physaria obcordata)

Piceance Twinpod (Physaria obcordata), Mustard Family (Brassicaceae), a Colorado endemic and globally critically emperiled species (G1S1) which grows on barren white shale outcrops in the foothills of the Piceance Basin in Rio Blanco County. Blooms from May through...
Foothill Bladderpod (Physaria ludoviciana)

Foothill Bladderpod (Physaria ludoviciana)

Foothill Bladderpod (Physaria ludoviciana), Mustard Family (Brassicaceae), native and common on dry hillsides, rocky outcrops, sand dunes, and in grasslands, from plains to foothills on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from May through July. Photo by Steve...
Point-tip Twinpod (Physaria floribunda)

Point-tip Twinpod (Physaria floribunda)

Point-tip Twinpod (Physaria floribunda), Mustard Family (Brassicaceae), native but vulnerable in Colorado (S3), and apparently secure globally (G4), growing on dry hillsides, shale slopes, and in sagebrush, pinyon-juniper or oak communities, found in the Gunnison and...