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Boechera spatifolia (Rydb.) Windham & Al-Shehbaz  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesBoechera spatifolia (Rydb.) Windham & Al-Shehbaz 
BibliographyHarvard Pap. Bot. 11: 84 (2006)
Native Rangese. Wyoming to New Mexico
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude1800-2800m
Descriptionbasal leaves in rosette, narrowly oblanceolate, entire, ciliate, glabrous or pubescent, stem leaves auriculate, glabrous, raceme 10-30-flowered, simple, sepals pubescent
Size15-35cm
Colorwhite, pale blue-violet
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in fall; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsArabis 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
Territory7 Northern America
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming)
     77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico)
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