| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Smelowskia americana (Regel & Herder) Rydb. |
| Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 239 (1902) |
| Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2900-4000m |
| Description | lower leaves petiolate, oblanceolate to oblong in outline, 1-2-pinnatifid to pinnatisect, obtuse, stem leaves similar, smaller, flowers in raceme, petals 3-6mm long, rounded |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white, rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Hutchinsia calycina var. americana Regel & Herder Smelowskia calycina var. americana (Regel & Herder) W.H.Drury & Rollins Smelowskia lineariloba Rydb. Smelowskia lineariloba f. virescens O.E.Schulz Smelowskia lobata Rydb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |