Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria reediana O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Novon 12: 327 (2002) |
Native Range | Wyoming to Nebraska |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 1200-1900m |
Description | silvery pilose, leaves mainly basal, linear to oblanceolate, 5-40mm, entire, raceme few flowered at level of leaves, petals 5-7mm, silicles ovate, 4-5mm, at base ventricose |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Lesquerella alpina S.Watson Lesquerella alpina var. laevis (Payson) C.L.Hitchc. Lesquerella condensata var. laevis Payson Vesicaria alpina Nutt. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NEB Nebraska) |