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Noccaea glauca (A.Nelson) Holub  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesNoccaea glauca (A.Nelson) Holub 
BibliographyPreslia 70: 108 (1988)
Native Rangew. & sc. USA to ne Mexico
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptioncaespitose, basal leaves in rosette, broadly spathulate, 2cm, carnose, sinuate-denticulate or subentire, stem leaves oblong, 3-10mm, obtuse, inflorescence short and dense
Size8-15cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring, early summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in fall; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsNoccaea 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.
Territory7 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)
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