Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Atacama nivea (Phil.) O.Toro, Mort & Al-Shehbaz |
Synonyms | Sisymbrium niveum Phil. |
Mathewsia nivea (Phil.) O.E.Schulz | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 2500-3500m |
Description | densely white lanate, leaves crowded, oblong-linear, sessile, entire, flowers in raceme, corolla 15mm across, silicles linear, 2cm long |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white, yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Chile North) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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