Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Crucihimalaya tibetica (Hook.f. & Thomson) Al-Shehbaz & al. |
Bibliography | Pl. Divers. Evol. 129: 74 (2011) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-4700m |
Description | basal leaves spathulate to oblanceolate, subentire, sessile, densely pubescent, obtuse, stem leaves linear, dentate to entire, flowers 15-20 in raceme, siliques linear, glabrous |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | biennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Arabidopsis multicaulis Pamp. Arabidopsis tibetica (Hook.f. & Thomson) Y.C.Lan & Z.X.An ex K.C.Kuan Arabis attenuata Royle ex Hook.f. & Thomson Arabis clarkei O.E.Schulz Arabis tenuirostris O.E.Schulz Arabis thomsonii Hook.f. Arabis tibetica Hook.f. & Thomson Erysimum tibeticum (Hook.f. & Thomson) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |