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

Lesquerella tenella

Moapa Bladderpod

A member of the Brassicaceae, the Mustard Family

Inflorescence detail of Lesquerella tenella, Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area near Kingman, Arizona

Inflorescence detail.
Cerbat Foothils Recreation Area (BLM-administered), west of Kingman:
Along Monolith Garden Trail near Metwell Drive trailhead, at ca. 3480 feet elevation.

27 March 2011.

 

Habit, in bloom, of Lesquerella tenella, Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area near Kingman, Arizona

Habit, in bloom.  Tape shows scale in inches.
Same specimen as in prior image.
In the background is Erodium cicutarium.

27 March 2011.

 

Fruiting inflorescence of Lesquerella tenella, Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area near Kingman, Arizona

Developing fruit.
Same specimen as in prior images.

27 March 2011.

 

Base of Lesquerella tenella, Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area near Kingman, Arizona

Base of plant and lower leaves.
Same specimen as in prior images.

27 March 2011.

 

Leaf and stem detail of Lesquerella tenella, Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area near Kingman, Arizona

Detail of lower leaves and stem.
Same specimen as in prior images.

27 March 2011.

 

Trichomes and leaf and stem of Lesquerella tenella, Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area near Kingman, Arizona

Detail of trichomes (star-shaped hairs) on leaf and stem from prior image.

27 March 2011.

 

Habit of Lesquerella tenella, Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area near Kingman, Arizona

Habit, in bloom, with tape to show scale in inches.
Same specimen as in prior images, eight days earlier.

19 March 2011.

 

Inflorescence of Lesquerella tenella, Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area near Kingman, Arizona

Inflorescence.
Same specimen as in prior images.

19 March 2011.

 

Habitat of Lesquerella tenella, Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area near Kingman, Arizona

Habit.
The specimen in the prior images is in the center lower third of this image.

19 March 2011.

 

Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann

This page created 30 March 2011.

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