Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria osterhoutii Payson |
Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 5: 146 (1918) |
Native Range | Colorado |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2200-2500m |
Description | basal leaves winged petiolate, broadly oblanceolate, 3-8cm, dentate or pinnatifid, stem leaves spathulate, entire, flowers in lax raceme, silicles coriaceous, not ventricose |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late 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 | Physaria floribunda ssp. osterhoutii (Payson) O´Kane Physaria floribunda var. osterhoutii (Payson) Rollins |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) |