BLADDERPOD
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Lesquerella gordonii (A. Gray ) S. Wats.
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| Barber County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 4-16 inches |
| Family: Brassicaceae - Mustard Family |
| Flowering Period: March, April, May, June |
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| Stems: | | Erect, decumbent or prostrate, several, sometimes branched, leafy. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, stalked below, sessile above, elliptic to obovate below, linear to oblanceolate, often sickle-shaped above, 1/2 to 3 inches long, mostly less than 1/2 inch wide, densely covered with star-shaped hairs; margins pinnately cleft to entire below, entire to unevenly or shallowly toothed above. | | Inflorescences: | | Racemes, dense, terminal. | | Flowers: | | Sepals 4, elliptic or oblong; petals 4, 1/5 to 2/5 inch long, yellow to orange, widely spreading; stamens 6, 2 short, 4 long. | | Fruits: | | Pods, spherical, glabrous; stalks 1/4 to 1 inch long, typically S-shaped; seeds flattened, orange to rust-colored. | | Habitat: | | Sandy or gravelly disturbed areas. | | Distribution: | | Principally southwest 1/4 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | Another common name is "popweed", which is in reference to the sound the pods make when crushed. This species is named for James Gordon, a London nurseryman who lived in the 1700s. |
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| | Bladderpod leaves |  | | 157 KB | | Barber County, Kansas |
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