Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Eutrema altaicum (C.A.Mey.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick |
Bibliography | Harvard Pap. Bot. 10: 132 (2005) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and n China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-5000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, suborbiculate to oblong, 10-25mm long, upwards smaller, obtuse, flowers in compact leafy raceme, sepals oblong, petals obovate, 2-3mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cochlearia altaica (C.A.Mey.) Hook.f. & T.Anderson Taphrospermum altaicum C.A.Mey. Taphrospermum altaicum var. macrocarpum Z.X.An |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |