Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera platysperma (A.Gray) Al-Shehbaz |
Synonyms | Arabis platysperma A.Gray |
Arabis inamoena Greene | |
Arabis oligantha Greene | |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1600-3000m |
Description | basal leaves in rosette, petiolate, oblanceolate to broadly spathulate, obtuse, densely hirsute, entire, siliques ascendent, 4-10cm long, coriaceous, glabrous or hirsute |
Size | 6-25cm |
Color | creamy white, purplish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Oregon ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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