Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Farsetia jacquemontii Hook.f. & Thomson |
Bibliography | J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 148 (1861) |
Native Range | se. Iran to nw. India |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | scabrously white appresed hirsute, ramose, leaves 1-6cm, linear, sessile, flowers upto 15 in raceme, corolla to 1cm across, petals oblong- linear |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | yellow, pale purple |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis heliophila DC. Farsetia canescens (Willd.) Merr. Heliophila canescens Willd. Heliophila incana Burm.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (IND India, PAK Pakistan) |