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Physoptychis caspica (Hablitz) Botsch.  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesPhysoptychis caspica (Hablitz) Botsch. 
BibliographyBot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 61: 1440 (1976)
Native RangeIran to se. Turkey
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionleaves elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, abaxially conspicuosly veined, flowers in short raceme, silicles globular, sessile, ventricose
Size10-20cm
Coloryellow
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAdyseton gnaphalodes (DC.) G.Don
Alyssum gnaphalodes DC.
Crambe caspica Hablitz
Fibigia thesigeri Rech.f.
Physoptychis gnaphalodes (DC.) Boiss.
Vesicaria gnaphalodes (DC.) Boiss.
Vesicaria physiphora Andrz. ex DC.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey)
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