Gordon's Bladderpod
Lesquerella gordonii
Gordon's bladderpod is a cheerful Southern Plains annual that spreads sheets of golden-yellow flowers across sandy ground in spring, an easy, drought-adapted reseeder and early-season nectar source.
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.3–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- February, March
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, KS, NM, OK, TX