Paysonia lescurii

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Paysonia lescurii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Paysonia
Species:
P. lescurii
Binomial name
Paysonia lescurii
(A.Gray) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz

Paysonia lescurii is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common names Lescur's bladderpod or Nashville mustard. It is native to Middle Tennessee, where it can be found in wet fields, lawns, and roadsides. [2] It is also present in neighboring areas of Kentucky and Alabama. [3]

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Description

Paysonia lescurii typically grows from 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm) tall and has small yellow flowers about 0.6 inches (1.5 cm) wide. [2] The flowers have four petals and are borne in racemes up to 8 inches (20 cm) long. [2] [4] The stems are branched from the base and densely hairy. [4] The basal leaves are 1 to 3 inches (3 to 8 cm) long and pinnately lobed. The smaller stem leaves are alternate, simple, and toothed to shallowly lobed with clasping bases. [2] [4]

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References

  1. "Lesquerella lescurii". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2018-08-14.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Carman, Jack B. (2001). Wildflowers of Tennessee. Highland Rim Press. p. 95.
  3. "Plants Profile for Lesquerella lescurii (Lescur's bladderpod)". www.plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  4. 1 2 3 Horn, Dennis; Cathcart, Tavia (2005). Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians. Edmonton: Lone Pine Publishing. p. 122. ISBN   1-55105-428-0.