Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba nivalis Lilj. sect. Leucodraba |
Synonyms | Draba caesia M.F.Adams |
Draba liljebladii Wallman | |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
Description | basal leaves obovate-cuneate, usually entire, densely minutely hirsute, inflorescence dense, petals 3mm long, silicles 4-9mm, usually glabrous |
Size | 2-8cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, carpet |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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