Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba magellanica Lam. |
Synonyms | Draba chodatii O.E.Schulz |
Draba falklandica Hook.f. | |
Draba saffordii Phil. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-3380m |
Description | lower leaves shortly petiolate, oblanceolate, 1-3cm long, hirsute, ciliate, entire, obtuse and acute, flowers in raceme, sepals ovate, pubescent, petals spathulate, 3-5mm |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
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 rosette cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Argentina Northwest , Chile South ) Antarctic Subantarctic Islands (Falkland Is.) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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