Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria congesta (Rollins) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
Synonyms | Lesquerella congesta Rollins |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-2100m |
Description | thin, long taproot, leaves spathulate, 6mm, subsessile, stellate-hirsute, flowers in dense raceme, silicles subspherical, 3mm long, stellate-hirsute |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, cushion |
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. (Colorado) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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