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Physaria pruinosa
Also called Frosty Bladderpod, Pagosa Springs Bladderpod
Pagosa Bladderpod is a small, frosty-looking perennial herb from the mountain foothills of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, grown mainly by rock gardeners and native plant enthusiasts. Its key to success is excellent drainage and full sun, as it is a specialist native of gritty, lean soils and is rarely grown in gardens.
Physaria pruinosa (syn. Lesquerella pruinosa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common names Pagosa Springs bladderpod and frosty bladderpod. It is native to Colorado and New Mexico in the United States.
This plant is a perennial herb growing from a caudex which is clothed in the dried leaf blades of previous seasons. It is coated in short hairs, giving it a frosted look and giving it one of its common names. The decumbent or erect stems grow up to 20 centimeters long. The variously shaped leaves are up to 8 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a dense raceme of flowers with yellow petals roughly a centimeter long. The fruit is an inflated pod just under a centimeter long which is glossy and copper-colored. Flowering occurs in May through August.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Physaria pruinosa 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.
