Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera porphyrea (Wooton & Standl.) Windham & al. |
Bibliography | Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 272 (2007) |
Native Range | New Mexico to Texas |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-2100m |
Description | basal leaves in rosette, oblanceolate, dentate, pubescent, stem leaves numerous, auriculate, glabrous, racemes 10-30-flowered, sepals glabrous, petals 7-9mm |
Size | 20-45cm |
Color | lavender |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis porphyrea Wooton & Standl. Boechera perennans ssp. porphyrea (Wooton & Standl.) Windham |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |