| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Physaria fendleri (A.Gray) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
| Synonyms | Vesicaria fendleri A.Gray |
| Lesquerella fendleri (A.Gray) S.Watson | |
| Lesquerella foliacea Greene | |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 100-2000m |
| Description | densely silvery pubescent, lower leaves linear, 1-4cm, entire or coarsely dentate, stem leaves similar, flowers in raceme, petals 8-12mm long, silicles spherical |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | orange, orange 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. (Colorado ) North-Central U.S.A. (Kansas , Oklahoma ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico , Texas ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast , Mexico Northwest , Mexico Southwest) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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