Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba glabella Pursh sect. Leucodraba |
Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 434 (1813) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to nc. & ne. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 0-1400m |
Description | basal leaves to 2cm long, narrowly lanceolate, acute, entire, ciliate, greyish, stem leaves 1-4, denticulate, inflorescence 8-20-flowered, petals 5mm, silicles glabrous |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | creamy |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Draba arabisans var. canadensis (Brunet) Fernald Draba arabisans var. orthocarpa (Fernald) Fernald Draba canadensis Brunet Draba daurica f. brachycarpa E.Ekman Draba daurica f. condensata E.Ekman Draba daurica var. hebecarpa (Lindblom) Karlsson Draba daurica var. lutescens E.Ekman Draba daurica var. rupestriformis E.Ekman Draba glabella var. brachycarpa (Rupr.) Fernald Draba glabella var. megasperma (Fernald) Fernald Draba glabella var. orthocarpa Fernald Draba henneana Schltdl. Draba hirta var. brachycarpa Rupr. Draba hirta var. laurentiana (Fernald) B.Boivin Draba laurentiana Fernald Draba megasperma Fernald Draba norvegica var. pleiophylla Fernald Draba norvegica var. sornborgeri (Fernald) B.Boivin Draba sornborgeri Fernald |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWY New York, VER Vermont) |