Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria saximontana Rollins |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2700m |
Description | silvery pubescent, leaves entire, spathulate to orbiculate, long petiolate, stem leaves smaller, linear, flowers 8-10mm long, silicles ventricose, grey hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early 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. (Wyoming) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
saximontana dentata Rollins, Contr. Gray Herb. 214: 14 (1984)
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