Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria navajoensis (O'Kane) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Novon 12: 325 (2002) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2200-2400m |
Description | silvery grey, leaves linear-oblanceolate, 3-8mm, flowers in dense, few flowered raceme, pedicels erect, sepals 4, yellow-green, petals spathulate, 5-7mm long, silicles ovate |
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 navajoensis O‘Kane |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |