Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba glabella Pursh sect. Leucodraba |
Synonyms | Draba canadensis Brunet |
Draba henneana Schltdl. | |
Draba laurentiana Fernald | |
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 | rosette, tuft |
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 |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Québec ) North-Central U.S.A. (Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , Vermont) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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