Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera fernaldiana (Rollins) W.A.Weber |
Synonyms | Arabis fernaldiana Rollins |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3400m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, oblong-ovate, acute, stem leaves sessile, oblong, flowers in raceme, petals 7-12mm, siliques 3-7cm long, divaricate-ascending, glabrous, curved |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | white, purple |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | carpet, fl. stem erect |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. Southwestern U.S.A. (Nevada) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
fernaldiana vivariensis (S.L.Welsh) Windham & Al-Shehbaz. Harvard Pap. Bot. 11(1): 67 (2006)
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