Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria confluens (Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | Nevada |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2300-3500m |
Description | softly pulvinate, basal leaves petiolate, oblanceolate to obovate, stem leaves similar, smaller, flowers in compact raceme, sepals lanceolate, petals 5-9mm, silicles spherical |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | 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 confluens (Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) Reveal Lesquerella hitchcockii ssp. confluens Maguire & A.H.Holmgren, Madrońo 11: 174 (1951) Physaria hitchcockii ssp. confluens (Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) O´Kane Physaria hitchcockii var. confluens (Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) N.H.Holmgren |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada) |