Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera gracilipes (Greene) Dorn |
Bibliography | Brittonia 55: 3 (2003) |
Native Range | sw. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1700-2300m |
Description | leaves in rosette, oblanceolate, shallowly dentate, sparsely to densely pubescent, stem leaves numerous, auriculate, usually glabrous, flowers 15-50 in raceme |
Size | 20-75cm |
Color | white, light blue-purple |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis arcuata var. longipes S.Watson Arabis gracilipes Greene Arabis perennans var. longipes (S.Watson) Jeps. Boechera perennans ssp. gracilipes (Greene) Windham |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |