Alpine Twinpod, Washington Twinpod
Physaria alpestris
Synonym: Lesquerella alpestris
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Two close-up images of the flower and upper stem leaves of alpine twinpod. All the photos of alpine twinpod on this page
were taken near Grassy Knoll in the southern Gifford Pinchot National Forest.......May 24, 2007. Note the numerous forked hairs covering the outer surface of the calyx as well as the leaves.
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The photo at left shows a close-up view of the spatulate basal leaves of alpine twinpod. The photo at right gives an idea of the form of alpine twinpod, with a silvery gray rosette of basal leaves and prostrate flower stems ascending at the tips.
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Close-ups of the attractive, inflated seed pods of alpine twinpod as seen on gravelly slopes along the old Blewett Pass Highway in central Washington.......June 8, 2009.
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Two additional views of alpine twinpod as seen on gravelly slopes along the old Blewett Pass Highway in central Washington.......June 8, 2009.
Paul Slichter