Physaria palmeri (S.Watson) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz (2002:326)
Palmer's bladderpod
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Lesquerella palmeri S.Watson in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 255 (1888)
Conservation Status
Last (and only) record: 1888 or before (O'Brien et al., 2025:143)
Rediscovered in: 2017 by Jon P. Rebman
Distribution & Habitat
Mexico
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Watson, S. (1888). Contributions to American botany. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 249-267.
Other references:
Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. and O'Kane, Steve L., Jr. (2002). Lesquerella is united with Physaria (Brassicaceae). Novon 12(3): 319-329.
O'Brien, Bart C., Rebman, Jon P., Delgadillo-Rodríguez, José, Gandhi, Kanchi Natarajan, Junak, Steven A., Oberbauer, Thomas A., Riemann, Hugo and Vanderplank, Sula E. (2025). The Rare, Endangered and Endemic Plants of the California Floristic Province Portion of Baja California, Mexico. Aliso 43(2): 77-217. https://doi.org/10.5642/aliso.YOAJ6071
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 13 February 2026]
Villaseñor, J. L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.