Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria calderi (G.A.Mulligan & A.E.Porsild) O´Kane & al. |
Bibliography | Novon 12: 322 (2002) |
Native Range | Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 600-1500m |
Description | taproot, basal leaves silvery green, densely pubescent, broadly ovate, stem leaves lanceolate, sessile, flowers in dense raceme, petals 6-10mm, silicles spherical or elipsoid |
Size | 10-20cm |
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 arctica ssp. calderi (G.A.Mulligan & A.E.Porsild) Hultén Lesquerella calderi G.A.Mulligan & A.E.Porsild |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |