PLANTS Profile for Lesquerella arctica (arctic bladderpod)

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Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson
arctic bladderpod

Symbol:

LEAR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Line Drawing of Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 156. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson

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Synonyms:
Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson

	LEARP	Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson ssp. purshii (S. Watson) A.E. Porsild
	LEARP2	Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson var. purshii S. Watson
	LEARS	Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson var. scammaniae Rollins
	LEPU8	Lesquerella purshii (S. Watson) Fernald

Distribution:
Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson


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USA (AK), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, QC, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 79 species in Lesquerella

Classification:
Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Lesquerella S. Watson – bladderpod
Species	Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson – arctic bladderpod

More Accounts and Images:
Lesquerella arctica (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Watson

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23166.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 11/24/2009 12:43 AM MST