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Draba alpina L. sect. Chrysodraba 
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesDraba alpina L. sect. Chrysodraba
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 642 (1753)
Native RangeSubarctic to c. & e. Canada
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitattundra
Altitude0-1000m
Descriptionbasal leaves in rosette, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, entire, shortly petiolate, raceme compact, 4-10-flowered, in fruit elongate, sepals oblong, obtuse, petals 4-5mm long
Size5-15cm
Colorbright yellow
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsDraba x algida var. breviscapa Hook.
Draba alpina f. brachycarpa (Hook.) O.E.Schulz
Draba alpina f. breviscapa O.E.Schulz
Draba alpina var. corymbosa Durand
Draba alpina var. genuina Pohle
Draba alpina var. glabrata Lindblom
Draba alpina var. hebecarpa Lindlblom
Draba alpina var. hydeana B.Boivin
Draba alpina var. inflatisiliqua Polunin
Draba alpina var. intermedia Hook.
Draba alpina var. legitima Lindblom
Draba alpina f. longipedunculata Pohle
Draba alpina var. major Hook.
Draba alpina var. nana Hook.
Draba alpina var. pohlei O.E.Schulz
Draga gelida Turcz.
Draba reuteri Boiss. & A.Huet
Draba wahlenbergii var. gelida (Turcz.) Regel
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
     37 Mongolia
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut)
     71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
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