Common name: Bladderpod, Bladder Pod
Latin name: Isomeris arborea
Height: 20-78 inches
Description: Isomeris arborea is profusely branched and minutely hairy. The plant produces abundant inflorescences at the ends of the stem branches, each a cluster of bright yellow flowers. Each flower has usually four petals and six whiskery protruding stamens with curling tips holding the anthers. The fruit is an inflated capsule about 4 centimeters long and usually oval in shape. It is smooth and green when new, aging to light brown.
Leaf: Its leaves are made up of three equal leaflike leaflets, each a long, pointed oval 1-4 cm long.
Range: Desert, s Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehachapi Mountain Area, San Joaquin Valley, Central Coast, South Coast, Channel Islands
Habitat: Common. Desert washes, flats, coastal bluffs, hills
Elevation: 0–1300 m.
Flowering time: Most of year
Notes: Isomeris arborea, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California and is endemic (limited) to California alone. This photo was taken on March 7, 2008 in the old mining area called Coolgardie, north of Barstow, San Bernardino County, California.
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