NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Lesquerella intermedia

Mid Bladderpod; Watson's Bladderpod

A member of the Brassicaceae, the Mustard Family

Flowering habit of Lesquerella intermedia, along Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management.

Flowering habit.

Bureau of Land Management public lands: Along Hualapai Mountain Road,
about six and a half miles southeast of Historic Route 66 in Kingman.
Elevation ca. 4,700 feet.

25 April 2010.

 

Flower and beetle on Lesquerella intermedia, along Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management

Flower and buds; the beetle appears to be eating the petal, with pollen dusting its body.
Same specimen as in prior images.

25 April 2010.

 

Flowering habit of Lesquerella intermedia, along Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management

Habit, with tape to show scale in inches.
Same location as in prior images, different specimen.

25 April 2010.

 

Inflorescence of Lesquerella intermedia, along Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management

Detail of inflorescences.
Same specimen as in image immediately above.

25 April 2010.

 

Buds and leaves of Lesquerella intermedia, along Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management

Flower buds and upper leaves.
Same specimen as in prior two images.

25 April 2010.

 

Leaf detail of Lesquerella intermedia, along Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management

Leaf detail, showing tightly packed, star-shaped hairs that are characteristic of the genus.
This is an enlargement of part of the prior image.

25 April 2010.

 

Lower leaves and stems of Lesquerella intermedia, along Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management

Lower leaves and stems.
Same specimen as in prior images.

25 April 2010.

 

Flower of Lesquerella intermedia, along Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management

Flower detail.
Same specimen as in prior images.

25 April 2010.

 

Flower of Lesquerella intermedia, along Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management

Flower with part of the petals removed to show pubescent ovary.
Same specimen as in prior images.

25 April 2010.

 

Habitat of lesquerella intermedia, along Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management

Habitat; the specimens on the lower portion of the rocky road bank.
Same location as in prior images.

25 April 2010.

 

Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann

This page created 9 May 2010.

 

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