Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria pruinosa (Greene) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Novon 12: 327 (2002) |
Native Range | Colorado to n. New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-2600m |
Description | basal leaves 4-8cm, suborbiculate to rhombic, entire, long petiolate, stem leaves obovate, sessile, inflorescence dense, petals 9mm long, spathulate, silicles spherical |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, 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 pruinosa Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |