Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria geyeri (Hook.) A.Gray |
Bibliography | Gen. Amer. Bor. 1: 162 (1848) |
Native Range | nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 300-2000m |
Description | grey hirsute, basal leaves 3-6cm long, obovate to nearly orbiculate, petiole wide, 2-3x longer, raceme many flowered, elongate, petals 5-11mm long, silicles 5-7mm, compressed |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Coulterina geyeri Kuntze Lesquerella geyeri (Hook.) G.A.Mulligan Physaria geyeri var. typica Rollins Vesicaria geyeri Hook. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |