Plant Name
Scientific Name: Lesquerella purpurea
Common Names: Rose Bladderpod, Purple Bladderpod
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Herb/Forb
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert, Upland
Flower Color: White to tinged pink or purple
Flowering Season: Winter (late), Spring
Height: To 20 inches (51 cm) tall
Description: The flowers are clustered at the tips of long, slender, curving flower stalks. The individual flowers are 3/8 inch (10 mm) wide and have 4 petals. The petals are white above, pinkish below, and purple-streaked at the base. The flowers are followed by spherical seedpods. The leaves are green, hairy, basal, and oval to oblanceolate in shape.
Classification
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 purpurea (A. Gray) S. Watson – rose bladderpod
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