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Boechera drepanoloba (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesBoechera drepanoloba (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz 
BibliographyHarvard Pap. Bot. 11: 263 (2007)
Native RangeAlaska to w. USA
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude2000-3800m
Descriptionbasal leaves oblanceolate, entire, at petiole ciliate, pubescent, stem leaves amplexicaule, auriculate, glabrous, racemes 5-25-flowered, sepals glabrous, petals 6-8mm
Size10-40cm
Colorpurple, lavender blue
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in fall; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsArabis drepanoloba Greene
Arabis drummondii var. oreophila (Rydb.) M.Hopkins
Arabis lemmonii var. drepanoloba (Greene) Rollins
Arenaria oreophila Rydb.
Boechera lemmonii var. drepanoloba (Greene) Dorn
Territory7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah)
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