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Cleome isomeris

Noun

bladderpod ‎(plural bladderpods)

1. Any of various flowering plants, including Cleome isomeris (= Isomeris arborea), Peritoma arborea, Lobelia inflata, and species of Physaria (= Lesquerella) and Paysonia.
   • c. 1977-1989, Donald W. (Hank) Nicol, Notes from the Naturalist, page 50,

     The bladderpod (Isomeris arborea) is a pretty bush. It has loads of bright yellow flowers and the punching bag seed pods that give it its name. But, to be honest, it stinks!

   • 1989, Janice E. Bowers, 100 Desert Wildflowers of the Southwest, unnumbered page,

     As early as February, the ground between creosote bushes begins to turn yellow as masses of bladderpod^{[Lesquerella gordoni]} start to bloom.

   • 2009, Susan Van Atta, Southern California Native Flower Garden, page 66,

     Bladderpod^{[Isomeris arborea]} is fast growing, and the yellow flowers and blue-green foliage are attractive in mass plantings.

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