Physaria ludoviciana

Physaria ludoviciana

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Physaria
Species:
P. ludoviciana
Binomial name
Physaria ludoviciana
(Nutt.) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz
Synonyms
List
    • Alyssum ludovicianum Nutt.
    • Lesquerella ludoviciana (Nutt.) S.Watson
    • Myagrum argenteum Pursh
    • Vesicaria ludoviciana (Nutt.) DC.

Physaria ludoviciana is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae, with the common names of bladder pod, silver bladderpod, louisiana bladderpod, and foothill bladderpod. It used to be Lesquerella ludoviciana which is now a synonym. The plant is a source of auricolic acid, a rare fatty acid.