Brassica nivalis Boiss. & Heldr.


Family	BRASSICACEAE
Genus species	Brassica nivalis Boiss. & Heldr.
Synonyms	Rhynchosinapsis nivalis (Boiss. & Heldr.) Heywood
Habitat	rocks
Altitude	1300-2800m
Description	pale green, leaves lyrate-pinnatipartite, segments obtuse, stems thin, simple, nearly leafless, flowers few, medium large, in raceme, siliques linear
Size	20-30cm
Color	yellow
Bloom	spring
Ca	+
Type	subshrub
Cultivation	rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagation	seed in spring cuttings in late summer; root cuttings in late fall
Territory	Europe Southeastern Europe (Greece)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	BRASSICACEAE Brassica nivalis Boiss. & Heldr., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2. 1: 32 (1854) Synonyms: Brasicella nivalis (Boiss. & Heldr.) O.E.Schulz Coincya nivalis (Boiss. & Heldr.) Greuter & Burdet Guenthera nivalis (Boiss. & Heldr.) Gómez-Campo Hutera nivalis (Boiss. & Heldr.) Gómez-Campo Rhynchosinapis nivalis (Boiss. & Heldr.) Heywood 1300-2800m ============================================================================= nivalis typica ined. n. Greece (Mt. Olimbos) 13 GRC nivalis jordanoffii (O.E.Schulz) Akeroyd & Leadlay, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 106(2): 102 (1991) Basionym: Brassica jordanoffii O.E.Schulz, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 10: 111 (1927) Synonyms: Guenthera nivalis jordanoffii (O.E.Schulz) Gómez-Campo Bulgaria (Pirin Mts.) 13 BUL