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Odontarrhena obovata C.A.Mey.  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesOdontarrhena obovata C.A.Mey. 
BibliographyFl. Altaic. [C.F.von Ledebour] 3: 61 (1831)
Native Rangee. Europe to n. China
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude500-1500m
Descriptionpilose, leaves sessile, broadly oblanceolate, 6-14mm long, obtuse, flowers in corymbose raceme or in panicle, sepals oblong, deciduous, petals spathulate, 2-4mm long
Size10-15cm
Coloryellow
Bloomspring, early summer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAlyssum alpestre var. fischerianum (DC.) Trautv.
Alyssum alpestre var. obovatum (C.A.Mey.) Regel & Herder
Alyssum alpestre var. orbiculare Regel
Alyssum baicalicum Nyár.
Alyssum biovulatum N.Busch
Alyssum fallax Nyár.
Alyssum fischerianum DC.
Alyssum microphyllum (C.A.Mey.) Steud.
Alyssum obovatum (C.A.Mey.) Turcz.
Alyssum obovatum ssp. angulatum Nyár.
Alyssum obovatum ssp. baicalicum (Nyár.) Peschkova
Alyssum obovatum ssp. capitatum Nyár.
Alyssum obovatum var. microphyllum (C.A.Mey.) Serg.
Alyssum obovatum ssp. orbiculare (Regel) Peschkova
Alyssum obovatum var. paradoxum Serg.
Alyssum obovatum ssp. paradoxum (Serg.) A.L.Ebel
Alyssum obovatum var. paradoxum Serg.
Alyssum obovatum f. subobovatum Nyár.
Alyssum oribiculare (Regel) Nyár.
Alyssum subbaicalicum Nyár.
Odontarrhena fischeriana (DC.) C.A.Mey. ex Turcz.
Odontarrhena hirta Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Odontarrhena microphyla C.A.Mey.
Territory1 Europe
     14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, 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 (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
     34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria)
     36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
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