{"id":3596,"date":"2011-08-15T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/we-heart-rare-plants\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T14:32:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:32:11","slug":"we-heart-rare-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2011\/08\/15\/we-heart-rare-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"We &#039;heart&#039; rare plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;-->                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;  &lt;![endif]-->  <\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: black\">CNHP botany team leader Jill Handwerk was recently in Rio Blanco County looking for one of Colorado\u2019s rare plant species, and took these photos. <i>Physaria obcordata<\/i>, the Piceance Basin twinpod, is a perennial member of the Brassicaceae or mustard family. The specific epithet <i>obcordata<\/i> refers to the heart-shaped \u2018silique\u2019 (what mustard fruits are called). These little plants have flowering stems 4-7 inches tall that arise from a basal tuft of silvery leaves.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Flowers are yellow, and typically present in May and June. This species is known only from the Piceance Basin, where it <\/span><span style=\"color: black\">occurs primarily on the shales of the Thirteenmile Creek Tongue and the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation. <\/span>The <span style=\"color: black\">Piceance Basin twinpod<\/span><span style=\"color: black\"> was listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6583\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Piceance-025.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Piceance-025.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Piceance-025-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">&nbsp;A nice view of the heart-shaped fruit.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6584\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Piceance-031.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Piceance-031.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Piceance-031-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Although Jill didn&#8217;t see the plants flowering, fruits were plentiful.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6585\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Piceance-009.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Piceance-009.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Piceance-009-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">&nbsp;The shaley home of Piceance Basin twinpod, with a scenic view of local energy 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