Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria argyraea (A.Gray) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
Synonyms | Vesicaria argyraea A.Gray |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 0-800m |
Description | densely pubescent, lower leaves oblanceolate, 2-6cm, entire or pinnatifid, stem leaves dense, elliptic to rhombic, flowers in lax raceme, silicles subspherical, glabrous |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | orange, yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A. (Texas ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
argyraea diffusa (Rollins) O‘Kane & Al-Shehbaz, ibid.
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