Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba densifolia Nutt. sect. Chrysodraba |
Synonyms | Draba caeruleomontana Payson & H.St.John |
Draba mulfordiae Payson | |
Draba nelsonii J.F.Macbr. & Payson | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 800-3700m |
Description | leaves numerous, crowded, linear, 2-12mm long, ciliate, flowers 3-15 in raceme, petals 2-6mm long, silicles ovoid, 2-7mm long, scabrous hirsute or glabrous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, 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 of rosettes in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada , Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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