Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Lepidium jujuyanum Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 1189 (1989) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina (Jujuy) |
Primary Biome | Tropical Montane |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3700-4500m |
Description | basal leaves long petiolate, oblong, 1-4cm, adaxially glabrescent, abaxially densely lanate, obtuse, crenate, stem leaves similar, smaller, raceme compact |
Size | 2-6cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |