Physaria pruinosa

Physaria pruinosa (syn. Lesquerella pruinosa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common names Pagosa Springs bladderpod and frosty bladderpod. It is native to Colorado and New Mexico in the United States. This plant is a perennial herb growing from a caudex which is clothed in the dried leaf blades of previous seasons. It is coated in short hairs, giving it a frosted look and giving it one of its common names. The decumbent or erect stems grow up to 20 centimeters long. The variously shaped leaves are up to 8 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a dense raceme of flowers with yellow petals roughly a centimeter long. The fruit is an inflated pod just under a centimeter long which is glossy and copper-colored. Flowering occurs in May through August. This plant occurs in the foothills of the San Juan Mountains. Its distribution runs through Archuleta and Hinsdale Counties in Colorado and Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with its center near Pagosa Spri......read more on Wikipedia.