Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria cordiformis Rollins |
Bibliography | Contr. Gray Herb. 171: 47 (1950) |
Native Range | Idaho to California |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3700m |
Description | densely pubescent, lower leaves suborbiculate to elliptic, subentire, stem leaves linear, flowers in lax raceme, petals obovate, 7-9mm long, silicles obcordate, densely pubescent |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Lesquerella cordiformis (Rollins) Rollins & E.A.Shaw Lesquerella kingii var. cordiformis (Rollins) Maguire & A.H.Holmgren Lesquerella kingii var. nevadensis Maguire & A.H.Holmgren |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |