| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Arabis alpina L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 664 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to wc. Siberia and Turkey, n. & e. Canada to Greenland |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 0-3200m |
| Description | stoloniferous, lower leaves petiolate, spathulate to obovate, 1-4cm, dentate, pubescent, stem leaves 3-5, oblong, dentate, flowers in lax raceme, sepals oblong, petals 5-8mm |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Arabidium alpestre Spach Arabidium alpinum (L.) Fourr. Arabidium saxeticola (Jord.) Fourr. Arabis albida var. elata Sprague Arabis alpina ssp. cantabrica (Leresche & Levier) P.Monts. ex Greuter & Burdet Arabis alpina var. clusiana (Schrank) DC. Arabis alpina var. corsica Rouy & Foucaud Arabis alpina var. crispata (Willd.) Rouy & Foucaud Arabis alpina var. declinata Tausch Arabis alpina f. impudica Greuter & Zaffran Arabis alpina ssp. lerchenfeldiana (Schur) Nyman Arabis alpina ssp. merinoi (Pau) Silva Pando & al. Arabis alpina var. meruensis (O.E.Schulz) Pic.Serm. Arabis alpina var. minor Lange Arabis alpina f. nana (DC.) Bolzon Arabis alpina var. nana DC. Arabis alpina f. phyllopetala Fernald Arabis alpina var. pseudosicula Briq. Arabis alpina var. saxeticola (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud Arabis alpina var. verlotii Rouy & Foucaud Arabis canescens Brocchi Arabis cantabrica Leresche & Levier Arabis clusiana Schrank Arabis crispata Willd. Arabis cuneifolia Hoschst. ex A.Rich. Arabis cuneifolia f. kiboensis O.E.Schulz Arabis cuneifolia f. meruensis O.E.Schulz Arabis grandiflora Royle ex Hook.f. & Thomson Arabis hirsuta Royle ex Hook.f. & Thomson Arabis incana Moench Arabis janitrix Quézel Arabis lerchenfeldiana Schur Arabis leptocarpaea Fisch. ex Rchb. Arabis linneana Wettst. Arabis merinoi Pau Arabis minor DC. Arabis monticola Jord. Arabis moschata Rchb. Arabis nana Simonk. Arabis obtusifolia Schur Arabis pieninica Wol. Arabis saxeticola Jord. Arabis sicula A.Huet ex Reut. Arabis undulata Link Crucifera arabis E.H.L.Krause Erysimum wettsteinianum Kuntze Stevenia incana Andrz. ex DC. Turrita alpestris Bubani |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec) |
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