Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Megacarpaea gracilis Lipsky |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-3600m |
Description | glabrous, lower leaves in outline oval, winged petiolate, sinuate-pinnatisect, segments oblong, dentate, stem leaves amplexicaule, coarsely dentate, flowers in compact corymb |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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