Idahoa

Idahoa is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae containing the single species Idahoa scapigera, which is known by the common names scalepod and oldstem idahoa. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Montana where it grows generally in mountains and foothills. This is a petite annual herb growing a basal rosette of petioled leaves each one to three centimeters long and smooth or lobed along the edges. The thin, leafless erect stems rise to a maximum height near ten centimeters. Each bears a single tiny flower with white petals above red-purple sepals. The fruit is a flat, round capsule, shaped like a disc or somewhat oval, and 6 to 12 millimeters wide. The green fruit dries to a papery gray or white.

Idahoa
Idahoa scapigera in Wenas Wildlife Area
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Idahoa A.Nels. & J.F.Macbr.
Species:	I. scapigera
Binomial name
Idahoa scapigera (Hook.) A.Nels. & J.F.Macbr.

Gallery

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  Idahoa scapigera developing fruit
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  Idahoa scapigera mature dried fruit
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  Idahoa scapigera tiny basal leaves

External links

• Media related to Idahoa scapigera at Wikimedia Commons
• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Photo gallery