Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Lepidium depressum Thell. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-5000m |
Description | minutely pubescent, basal leaves petiolate, 1-5cm, pinnatisect, segments oblong, serrate, acute, stem leaves cuneate, raceme many flowered, petals spathulate, ca. 1mm |
Size | 3-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem decumbent |
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 |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Peru ) Southern South America (Argentina Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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