Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba simmonsii Elven & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Novon 18: 326 (2008) |
Native Range | Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | lower leaves petiolate, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, entire, pubescent or adaxially glabrous, stem leaves 0, flowers 4-10 in raceme, petals 4-6mm long, narrowly obovate |
Size | 3-11cm |
Color | pale yellow |
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 cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Draba alpina var. gracilescens Simmons |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories) |