| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Arabis alpina L. |
| Synonyms | Arabis cuneifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich. |
| Arabis janitrix Quézel | |
| Arabis sicula A.Huet ex Reut. | |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 0-4500m |
| Description | stoloniferous, lower leaves petiolate, spathulate to obovate, 1-4cm, dentate, pubescent, stem leaves 3-5, oblong, dentate, flowers in lax raceme, sepals oblong, petals 5-8mm |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Great Britain , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia , Ukraine ) Africa West-Central Tropical Africa (Rwanda , Zaire ) Northeast Tropical Africa (Eritrea , Ethiopia , Somalia ) East Tropical Africa (Kenya , Tanzania , Uganda ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia ) Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia , Yemen ) Northern America Subarctic America (Greenland , Nunavut ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Québec) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | BRASSICACEAE
alpina brevifolia (DC.) Greuter & Burdet, Willdenowia 13(1): 86 (1983)
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