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Physaria osterhoutii Payson  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesPhysaria osterhoutii Payson 
BibliographyAnn. Missouri Bot. Gard. 5: 146 (1918)
Native RangeColorado
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocks
Altitude2200-2500m
Descriptionbasal leaves winged petiolate, broadly oblanceolate, 3-8cm, dentate or pinnatifid, stem leaves spathulate, entire, flowers in lax raceme, silicles coriaceous, not ventricose
Size10-20cm
Coloryellow
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca+
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsPhysaria floribunda ssp. osterhoutii (Payson) O´Kane
Physaria floribunda var. osterhoutii (Payson) Rollins
Territory7 Northern America
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado)
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