''Physaria navajoensis'', the Navajo twinpod or Navajo bladderpod, is a plant species native the US states of

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, and

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. It is known from only one county in Arizona (

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), one in Utah ( Kane) and two counties in New Mexico (

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and McKinley). Much of the plant's range is on land of the

Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah; at roughly , the ...

. The plant occurs in open, sunny locations at elevations of 2200–2400 m.Flora of North America v 7 p 651.
/ref> ''Physaria navajoensis'' is a perennial herb with a woody

caudex A caudex (plural: caudices) of a plant is a stem, but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises.pages 456 and 695 In the strict sense of the term, meaning a stem, "caudex" is m ...

. Much of the shoot is covered with silvery-gray branched hairs. Stems branch mostly at the base. Leaves are narrow, up to 15 mm long. Flowers are yellow with an orange center, up to 15 mm across, borne in a

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 ...

. Fruits are egg-shaped, about 4 mm in diameter.O'Kane, Steve Lawrence & Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan Ali. 2002. Novon 12(3): 325.
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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15547909 navajoensis Endemic flora of the United States Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region Flora of Arizona Flora of New Mexico Flora of Utah Flora without expected TNC conservation status