Physaria kingii ssp. bernardina Calflora

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Physaria kingii (S. Watson) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz ssp. bernardina (Munz) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz

San bernardino mountains bladderpod

Geoff Burleigh

Roxanne Bittman and CNPS

2009 Thomas Stoughton

Geoff Burleigh

2023 Ryan O'Dell

2009 Thomas Stoughton

2008 Erin Shapiro

Physaria kingii ssp. bernardina is a perennial herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Lesquerella kingii ssp. bernardina

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).

Federal status: Endangered.


	Plant Range Observation Search (45 records) Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Physaria kingii
Genus:	Physaria
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS

Alternate Names:


CNPS	Lesquerella bernardina, Lesquerella kingii ssp. bernardina
JEF	Lesquerella kingii ssp. bernardina
PLANTS	Lesquerella kingii ssp. bernardina

Information about Physaria kingii ssp. bernardina from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LEKIB) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 1B.1 Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/02/2023).