Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria floribunda Rydb. |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 279 (1901) |
Native Range | Colorado to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1700-2900m |
Description | silvery pubescent, basal leaves broadly oblanceolate, dentate to pinnatisect, 4-8cm, stem leaves spathulate, acute, entire, flowers in lax raceme, petals 9-11mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late 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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |