Participant Info

Species

Physaria vitulifera

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

fiddleleaf bladderpod, fiddleleaf twinpod

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1981

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

montane

Geobotanical

Garitas

Counties

Mineral

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, S of Creede, rocky slope 0.25 mile NE of the Rio Grande 23 July 2020; Jan Haswell, same location, 2 Aug 2021

Comments

There are seven records from Mineral Co, all in the vicinity of Creede. Online examination of the herbarium digital photographs suggests that some may be P. acutifolia. The two recent photo vouchers, however, seem clearly P. vitulifera. Ackerfield does not accept the earlier records, but BONAP does. This is a Colorado endemic, with most records from the Front Range. The Watershed locations would be the only ones in the entire Rio Grande drainage.

Annotation