Loveless, Brenda K.
Lesquerella gracilis (Hook.) S. Wats.
Spreading bladderpod, Cloth-of-gold
Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)
Spreading bladderpod or cloth-of-gold is an upright or sprawling, hairy
annual, to 20 in. Several stems are usually branched; the younger portions gray colored, the older portions less hairy and more green. Yellow flowers, sometimes streaked with orange near the base, occur in a short, dense, terminal spike.
Masses of this plant form solid sheets of yellow in early spring.
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Flower:
Fruit: Size Class: 1-3 ft.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May
Distribution
USA: AL , AR , IL , KS , LA , MS , MO , NE , OK , TN , TX
Native Distribution: C. & s.c. TX, OK, MS & AR
Native Habitat: Prairies; pastures; roadsides; disturbed areas
USDA Native Status: L48(N) Growing Conditions
Light Requirement: Sun
Soil Description: Sandy or calcareous, clay soils
Conditions Comments: Masses of this plant form solid sheets of yellow in early spring.
Benefit
Use Wildlife: Small, roundish
fruit is eaten by the
falcate orangetip butterfly.
Attracts: Butterflies
Larval Host: Falcate orangetip butterfly.
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
Lesquerella gracilis is a larval host and/or nectar source for:
Last Update: 2012-07-12
