Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Nerisyrenia linearifolia (S.Watson) Greene |
Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 225 (1900) |
Native Range | sc. USA to ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1000-1200m |
Description | pubescent, stem leaves sessile, linear, 2-7cm, entire, acute or obtuse, flowers in raceme, sepals broadly lanceolate, petals obovate, 8-12mm |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer and in fall |
Synonyms | Greggia camporum var. linearifolia (S.Watson) M.E.Jones Greggia linearifolia S.Watson Parrasia linearifolia (S.Watson) Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |