Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera paupercula (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz |
Synonyms | Arabis paupercula Greene |
Arabis nubigena J.F.Macbr. & Payson | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2400-3400m |
Description | lower leaves in rosette, linear-oblanceolate, entire, ciliate, densely pubescent, stem leaves 2-6, glabrous, raceme 3-8-flowered, sepals glabrous, petals 4-6mm, glabrous |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | lavender-blue, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, carpet |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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