Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Noccaea glauca (A.Nelson) Holub |
Bibliography | Preslia 70: 108 (1988) |
Native Range | w. & sc. USA to ne Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | caespitose, basal leaves in rosette, broadly spathulate, 2cm, carnose, sinuate-denticulate or subentire, stem leaves oblong, 3-10mm, obtuse, inflorescence short and dense |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Noccaea coloradensis (Rydb.) Holub Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca (A.Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M.Koch Thlaspi alpestre var. glaucum A.Nelson Thlaspi alpestre var. purpurascens (Rydb.) Ostenf. Thlaspi australe A.Nelson Thlaspi coloradense Rydb. Thlaspi fendleri var. coloradense (Rydb.) Maguire Thlaspi fendleri var. glaucum (A.Nelson) C.L.Hitchc. Thlaspi fendleri var. hesperium (Payson) C.L.Hitchc. Thlaspi fendleri var. tenuipes Maguire Thlaspi glaucum (A.Nelson) A.Nelson Thlaspi glaucum var. hesperium Payson Thlaspi glaucum var. pedunculatum Payson Thlaspi glaucum var. typicum Payson Thlaspi hesperium (Payson) G.N.Jones Thlaspi purpurascens Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |