Alpine Twinpod, Washington Twinpod
Physaria alpestris
Synonym: Lesquerella alpestris
![Flower of Alpine Twinpod, Washington Twinpod: Physaria alpestris (Synonym: Lesquerella alpestris)](alpestris1a.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower 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.
![Close-up sideview of the flower of Alpine Twinpod, Washington Twinpod: Physaria alpestris (Synonym: Lesquerella alpestris)](alpestris1e.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up sideview of the flower and upper stem leaves of alpine twinpod. Note the numerous forked hairs covering the outer surface of the calyx as well as the leaves.
![Alpine Twinpod, Washington Twinpod: Physaria alpestris (Synonym: Lesquerella alpestris)](alpestris1c.jpg)
The photo above 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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- ![Fruits of Alpine Twinpod, Washington Twinpod: Physaria alpestris (Synonym: Lesquerella alpestris)](alpestris6c.jpg)
Close-ups of the maturing fruits of alpine twinpod as seen near Grassy Knoll, Gifford Pinchot National Forest........June 3, 2014.
![Basal leaf rosette of Alpine Twinpod, Washington Twinpod: Physaria alpestris (Synonym: Lesquerella alpestris)](alpestris1b.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up view of the spatulate basal leaves of alpine twinpod.
![Close-up sideview of the flower of Alpine Twinpod, Washington Twinpod: Physaria alpestris (Synonym: Lesquerella alpestris)](alpestris1d.jpg)
The photo above shows another close-up sideview of the flower and upper stem leaves of alpine twinpod.
- ![Alpine Twinpod, Washington Twinpod: Physaria alpestris (Synonym: Lesquerella alpestris)](alpestris05-15-2015c.jpg)
![Alpine Twinpod, Washington Twinpod: Physaria alpestris (Synonym: Lesquerella alpestris)](alpestris05-15-2015a.jpg)
Alpine twinpod as seen near Grassy Knoll, Gifford Pinchot National Forest........May 15, 2015.
Paul Slichter