Bladderpod Morning

Last year’s golden blankets of Gordon’s Bladderpod (lesquerella gordonii) are conspicuously absent among the drab remains of the Winter ground cover.  This annual from the Mustard Family needs a wet Winter and Spring to thrive.  The prostate, slender stems turn up near the tips to display dense floral terminals.  Its leaves have a dense cover of star-shaped hairs.  The fruit are spherical, glabrous pods, which pop when crushed.  Popweed is a common name for this Spring beauty.

Bladderpod Morning (lesquerella gordonii)

Gordon's Bladderpod

Golden Spread (lesquerella gordonii)

Pop Weed

Wasp On Bladderpod

Yellow Blanket (Gordon's Bladderpod)