Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria carinata (Rollins) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
Synonyms | Lesquerella carinata Rollins |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-2400m |
Description | silvery, basal leaves numerous, 15-35mm, rhombic to orbiculate, thinly petiolate, raceme lax, elongate, petals 8-10mm long, silicles 5-8mm long, elliptic |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Montana , Wyoming) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
carinata paysonii (Rollins) O‘Kane, Novon 17(3): 379 (2007)
carinata pulchella (Rollins) O‘Kane, ibid.
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