Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Lithodraba mendocinensis (Hauman) Boelcke |
Synonyms | Xerodraba mendocinensis Hauman |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1700-3000m |
Description | leaves in crowded rosette, linear, coriaceous, carnose, sessile, 3-6mm long, flowers 1-5, 4-7mm across, in sessile, umbellate raceme |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, cushion |
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 of rosettes in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina Northeast , Argentina Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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