Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine digitata Richardson |
Synonyms | Cardamine hyperborea O.E.Schulz |
Cardamine richardsonii Hultén | |
Cardamine sphenophylla Jurtzev | |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
Description | stem leaves alternate, pinnatipartite, leaflets 3-4-pairs, oblong, glabrous, flowers 9-15 in raceme, corolla 5-15mm, calyx green and purple, glabrous, petals obovate, 5-7mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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