Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera tiehmii (Rollins) Al-Shehbaz |
Synonyms | Arabis tiehmii Rollins |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-3500m |
Description | basal leaves in rosette, carnose, thick, erect, spathulate, sparsely hirsute, stem leaves sessile, oblong, acute, 8-12mm long, flowers in raceme, siliques long, glabrous |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white, lavender |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | tuft |
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 division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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