Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria navajoensis (O'Kane) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
Synonyms | Lesquerella navajoensis O'Kane |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2200-2400m |
Description | silvery grey, leaves linear-oblanceolate, 3-8mm, flowers in dense, few flowered raceme, pedicels erect, sepals 4, yellow-green, petals spathulate, 5-7mm long, silicles ovate |
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
Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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