Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Brayopsis colombiana Al-Shehbaz |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3600-4600m |
Description | leaves in rosette, crowded, petiolate, spathulate to obovate, glabrous, cuneate, sepals ovate, erect, petals spathulate, 2-6mm, siliques lanceolate, cylindrical, 6-8mm |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, cushion |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Colombia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
colombiana ecuadoriana Al-Shehbaz, ibid.
|