Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Noccaea oppositifolia (Pers.) Al-Shehbaz & Menke |
Synonyms | Iberis oppositifolia Pers. |
Aethionema oppositifolium (Pers.) Boiss. | |
Eunomia oppositifolia (Pers.) DC. | |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2000-3000m |
Description | branchlets short, leaves opposite, obovate, carnose, glaucous, flowers in small, terminal raceme, corolla tetramerous, silicles oblong-elliptic, rounded |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub, cushion |
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 |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Lebanon-Syria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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