Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera howellii (S.Watson) Windham & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 69 (2006) |
Native Range | Oregon to California and Nevada |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-3800m |
Description | stems glabrous, lower leaves in rosette, oblanceolate, entire, ciliate, glabrous, inflorescence 2-9-flowered, sepals glabrous, petals 5-6mm, siliques 3-5cm |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | lavender-blue, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Arabis conferta Greene Arabis howellii S.Watson Arabis inamoena var. acutata Jeps. Arabis platyloba Greene Arabis platysperma var. howellii (S.Watson) Jeps. Arabis platysperma var. imparata Jeps. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |