''Physaria gordonii'', commonly known as Gordon's bladderpod, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of plant in the family

Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous plants, while some are shrubs. The le ...

distributed throughout the Southwestern United States and

Northern Mexico Northern Mexico ( es, el Norte de México ), commonly referred as , is an informal term for the northern cultural and geographical area in Mexico. Depending on the source, it contains some or all of the states of Baja California, Baja California ...

. It is a winter annual wildflower, maturing between April and June. The plant normally grows in sandy or gravel deserts. The plant has low-growing stems, with long,

lanceolate The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular o ...

leaves measuring about . The plants flowers are in a loose,

raceme A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...

cluster, and are radially symmetrical. The plant is very similar to '' P. fendleri''.

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gordonii Flora of Arizona Flora of Chihuahua (state) Flora of Coahuila Flora of Durango Flora of New Mexico Flora of Nuevo León Flora of San Luis Potosí Flora of Texas Flora of Zacatecas Flora of the Great Plains (North America) Taxa named by Asa Gray {{Brassicales-stub