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Physaria fendleri (Fendler bladderpod)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Physaria fendleri is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by several common names, including Fendler's bladderpod, yellowtop, and lesquerella.
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Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  The seed yields up to 28% oil and 22% protein; Average yields of 1.1 tonnes per hectare have been postulated and in small-scale experiments 1.6 tonnes has been attained; The oil has possibilities in the manufacture of grease thickeners due to the hydroxy-acid content. Major amounts of hydroxy-acids occur in the obscure seed oils, among them Lesquerella, but few of them have been subjected to development. According to Osman and Ahmad (1981), the only hydroxylated vegetable oil commercially available is castor oil. Other potential sources include Castalis, Coriaria, Dimorphotheca, Hiptage, and Osteospermum;
Height [1]  16 inches (0.4 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Fort Bowie National Historic Site III 1004 Arizona, United States
Jornada Biosphere Reserve Ib 30913 New Mexico, United States
Petrified Forest National Park II 44522 Arizona, United States
White Sands National Monument III 139922 New Mexico, United States

Predators

Acrolophitus hirtipes (Green Fool Grasshopper)[3]
Hadrotettix trifasciatus (Threebanded Grasshopper)[3]
Melanoplus gladstoni (Gladston Grasshopper)[3]
Peromyscus truei (pinyon mouse)[4]
Trimerotropis pallidipennis (pallid-winged grasshopper)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Feeding patterns in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae): factors influencing diet specialization, Joern, A. 1979. Oecologia 38: 325-347
♦ 4Food Habits of Rodents Inhabiting Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems of Central New Mexico, ANDREW G. HOPE AND ROBERT R. PARMENTER, Special Publication of the Museum of Southwestern Biology, NUMBER 9, pp. 1–75 (2007)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0