Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba sherriffii Grierson |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 108 (1984) |
Native Range | e. Himalaya (Bhutan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-4700m |
Description | lower leaves petiolate, obovate, 6-35mm, hirsute, dentate, acute, stem leaves 2-4, sessile, remote, elliptic, flowers 3-9 in raceme, sepals oblong, petals obovate, 6-8mm long |
Size | 6-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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 rosette cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |