Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria rubicundula (Rollins) S.L.Welsh |
Bibliography | Utah Fl., ed. 3: 291 (2003) |
Native Range | Utah |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-3400m |
Description | laxly matted, basal leaves linear-lanceolate, obscurely petiolate, stem leaves similar, smaller, flowers in compact raceme, petals 5-9mm, silicles spherical, 2-3mm |
Size | 5-12cm |
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 | Lesquerella hitchcockii ssp. rubicundula (Rollins) Maguire & A.H.Holmgren Lesquerella rubicundula Rollins Physaria hitchcockii ssp. rubicundula (Rollins) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz Physaria hitchcockii var. rubicundula (Rollins) B.L.Turner |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |