| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Physaria purpurea (A.Gray) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
| Bibliography | Novon 12: 327 (2002) |
| Native Range | c. & sw. Arizona to sw. Texas and n. & e. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 400-2400m |
| Description | silvery stellate-pubescent, basal leaves oblanceolate to oval, entire to lyrate, obtuse, thinly petiolate, flowers in dense raceme, petals 7-9mm, silicles glabrous, spherical |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | white, purplish |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Alyssum purpureum (A.Gray) Kuntze Lesquerella purpurea (A.Gray) S.Watson Lesquerella purpurea var. foliosa Rollins Lesquerella purpurea ssp. foliosa (Rollins) Rollins & E.A.Shaw Physaria purpurea var. foliosa (Rollins) B.L.Turner Vesicaria purpurea A.Gray Vesicaria purpurea var. albiflora A.Gray |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest) |