Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria urbaniana (Muschl.) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
Synonyms | Alyssum urbanianum Muschl. |
Alyssum boliviense Muschl. | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | basal leaves linear, tapered to long petiole, entire, tomentose, 3-6cm, stem leaves linear-oblong, sessile, 5mm, raceme few flowered, lax, flowers 5-7mm across |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia ) Southern South America (Argentina Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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