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Draba cana Rydb.  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesDraba cana Rydb. 
BibliographyBull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 241 (1902)
Native RangeSubarctic Asia to Subarctic America and w. & c. USA
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and rocks
Altitude0-4100m
Descriptionleaves petiolate, linear to oblanceolate, 1-2cm, entire or dentate, pubescent, ciliate, stem leaves sessile, lanceolate raceme many flowered, sepals pubescent, petals 2-4mm
Size10-30cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsDraba breweri var. cana (Rydb.) Rollins
Draba valida Goodd.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye)
     37 Mongolia
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming)
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, VER Vermont)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah)
     77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico)
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