Field notebooks, 1961-1993
Page 144
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WYOMING 81385 - Lesquerella alpina (Nutt.) S. Wats. Perennial. Stems several to numerous, often condensed. Sepals yellowish, Petales yellow. Pedicels straight to Segnous Siligues erect, growing in a whitish formation about 30 feet wide. Seemingly restricted to the one formation. Locality as 81384 81386 - Peperomia acutifolia Radd. Perennial. Stems numerous, often decumbent, arising below a flat rosette of entire but usually two-toothed leaves. Sepals greenish yellow. Petales yellow Silique with a deep closed suture above and a plewllow suture below. Styles cresented on mature Siligues. Same habitat as 81385. Locality as 81384, toward P. disymorarpa but with 2 orders in each loculus. The Raphium is broader than in most acutifolia, the pubescence on the fruits is looser and the trichomes larger than in good acutifolia.