| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Macropodium nivale (Pall.) R.Br. |
| Synonyms | Cardamine nivalis Pall. |
| Habitat | snow patches |
| Description | stems glabrous, leaves elliptic to lanceolate, glabrous, petiolate, obtusely serrate, the upper sessile, entire, raceme long, flowers patent, petals linear, 6-10mm |
| Size | 20-60cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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