Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Physaria ovalifolia (Rydb. ex Britton) O´Kane & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Novon 12: 326 (2002) |
Native Range | Colorado to c. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 150-1700m |
Description | densely silvery stellate-pubescent, basal leaves broadly oblanceolate to suborbiculate, entire, thinly petiolate, flowers in umbellate head, petals 1cm long, spathulate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Lesquerella engelmannii ssp. ovalifolia (Rydb. ex Britton) C.Clark Lesquerella ovalifolia Rydb. ex Britton |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |