Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria spatulata (Rydb.) Grady & O´Kane |
Bibliography | Novon 17: 190 (2007) |
Native Range | wc. Canada to nw. & nc. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 900-2900m |
Description | lower leaves petiolate, spathulate to oblanceolate, 1-4cm, entire, stem leaves spathulate, flowers 6-20 in compact raceme, petals ligulate, 6-9mm long, silicles subventricose |
Size | 3-12cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early 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 var. spatulata (Rydb.) Payson Lesquerella nodosa Greene Lesquerella spatulata Rydb. Physaria reediana ssp. spatulata (Rydb.) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz Physaria reediana var. spatulata (Rydb.) B.L.Turner |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) |