Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera spatifolia (Rydb.) Windham & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 84 (2006) |
Native Range | se. Wyoming to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-2800m |
Description | basal leaves in rosette, narrowly oblanceolate, entire, ciliate, glabrous or pubescent, stem leaves auriculate, glabrous, raceme 10-30-flowered, simple, sepals pubescent |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | white, pale blue-violet |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis fendleri var. spatifolia (Rydb.) Rollins Arabis spatifolia Rydb. Boechera fendleri var. spatifolia (Rydb.) Dorn Boechera fendleri ssp. spatifolia (Rydb.) W.A.Weber Boechera perennans ssp. spatifolia (Rydb.) Windham |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |