Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba chamissonis G.Don sect. Leucodraba |
Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 1: 184 (1831) |
Native Range | e. Siberia to w. Canada |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | basal leaves obovate-cuneate, 1-dentate, densely hirsute, greenish grey, stem leaves oblong, flowers 5-12 in raceme, calyx shortly hirsute, petals 2-3mm long |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Draba camtschatica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Andrz. ex Tolm. Draba frigida var. kamtschatica Ledeb. Draba johannis var. stylosa Regel & Tiling Draba kamtschatica (Ledeb.) N.Busch Draba lonchocarpa var. denudata O.E.Schulz Draba lonchocarpa ssp. kamtschatica (Ledeb.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor Draba nivalis var. denudata (O.E.Schulz) C.L.Hitchc. Draba nivalis var. kamtschatica (Ledeb.) Pohle Draba stellata Cham. Draba stellata var. camtschatica Cham. & Schltdl. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |