Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria congesta (Rollins) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Novon 12: 322 (2002) |
Native Range | Colorado |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-2100m |
Description | thin, long taproot, leaves spathulate, 6mm, subsessile, stellate-hirsute, flowers in dense raceme, silicles subspherical, 3mm long, stellate-hirsute |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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 congesta Rollins |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) |