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Stone River Bladderpod

Paysonia stonensis

Also called Stones River Bladderpod

Stone River Bladderpod
Photo: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain

Stones River bladderpod is a rare annual wildflower of the cabbage family, found only in the floodplains of the Stones River in Tennessee. It is a wild species seldom grown in gardens, so care depends on replicating its natural floodplain conditions.

Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during its growing season, as it naturally grows on floodplains.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or sandy loam, similar to river floodplain soil.
Temperature
15-25 °C; hardy in temperate climates, protect from hard frost during seedling stage.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Tennessee
Climate
temperate

About

Paysonia stonensis (syn. Lesquerella stonensis) is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, known by the common name Stones River bladderpod. It is endemic to Tennessee in the United States, where it is limited to Rutherford County. It grows only in the floodplains of the Stones River, and certain tributaries.

Other Paysonia plants

Earleaf Bladderpod · Lescur's Bladderpod · Lyrate Bladderpod · Spring Creek Bladderpod · Paysonia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paysonia stonensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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