Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria saximontana Rollins |
Bibliography | Contr. Gray Herb. 214: 13 (1984) |
Native Range | Wyoming |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1700-2600m |
Description | silvery pubescent, leaves entire, spathulate to orbiculate, long petiolate, stem leaves smaller, linear, flowers 8-10mm long, silicles ventricose, grey hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early 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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WYO Wyoming) |