circa1977-1989 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 bladderpodgordoni start to bloom.
2009, Susan Van Atta, Southern California Native Flower Garden, page 66,Bladderpodarborea is fast growing, and the yellow flowers and blue-green foliage are attractive in mass plantings.
