Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria prostrata (A.Nelson) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Novon 12: 327 (2002) |
Native Range | Idaho to Wyoming and Utah |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-2500m |
Description | leaves in rosette, densely silvery pubescent, 1-5cm, rhombic to deltate or elliptic, abruptly tapered to thin petiole, flowers in elongate, open raceme |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
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 prostrata A.Nelson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |