Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba violacea Humb. & Bonpl. ex DC. sect. Calodraba |
Synonyms | Draba bonplandiana Kunth |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | leaves dense, imbricate, short, sessile, obovate or elliptic, rounded, entire, white tomentose, raceme compact, 5-15-flowered, petals 8-9mm long, emarginate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Ecuador) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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