| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Physaria argyraea (A.Gray) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
| Bibliography | Novon 12: 321 (2002) |
| Native Range | Texas to ne. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-800m |
| Description | densely pubescent, lower leaves oblanceolate, 2-6cm, entire or pinnatifid, stem leaves dense, elliptic to rhombic, flowers in lax raceme, silicles subspherical, glabrous |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | orange, yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alyssum argyraeum (A.Gray) Kuntze Lesquerella argyraea (A.Gray) S.Watson Vesicaria argyrea A.Gray |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |