Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria acutifolia Rydb. |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 279 (1901) |
Native Range | w. & c. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3500m |
Description | silvery stellate-hirsute, stems numerous, basal leaves oblanceolate, acute, subentire, stem leaves oblanceolate, acute, entire, flowers in dense raceme |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | lemmon 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 | Physaria acutifolia var. stylosa (Rollins) S.L.Welsh Physaria australis (Payson) Rollins Physaria didymocarpa var. australis Payson Physaria stylosa Rollins |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |