Physaria kingii Calflora

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Taxon Report

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

King's bladderpod

Geoff Burleigh

2020 Jacob Smith

2019 David Greenberger

2020 Jacob Smith

2023 Ryan O'Dell

2020 Jacob Smith

2009 Thomas Stoughton

2003 Dianne Fristrom

Physaria kingii is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search (161 records) Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. bernardina ... ssp. kingii ... ssp. latifolia
Genus:	Physaria
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Lesquerella kingii
PLANTS	Lesquerella kingii ssp. kingii var. kingii

Information about Physaria kingii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LEKIK2) 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 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: 12/01/2023).