| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Physaria fendleri (A.Gray) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
| Bibliography | Novon 12: 323 (2002) |
| Native Range | Arizona to Kansas and Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 100-2000m |
| Description | densely silvery pubescent, lower leaves linear, 1-4cm, entire or coarsely dentate, stem leaves similar, flowers in raceme, petals 8-12mm long, silicles spherical |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | orange, orange yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alyssum fendleri (A.Gray) Kuntze Alyssum stenophyllum Kuntze Lesquerella fendleri (A.Gray) S.Watson Lesquerella foliacea Greene Lesquerella praecox Wooton & Standl. Lesquerella stenophylla (A.Gray) Rydb. Vesicaria fendleri A.Gray Vesicaria stenophylla A.Gray Vesicaria stenophylla var. diffusa A.Gray Vesicaria stenophylla var. humilis A.Gray Vesicaria stenophylla var. procera A.Gray |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, OKL Oklahoma) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest) |