Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba incerta Payson |
Bibliography | Amer. J. Bot. 4: 261 (1917) |
Native Range | Alaska to w. USA, e. Canada |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 0-3300m |
Description | leaves linear-lanceolate, 7-13mm long, ciliate, abaxially pubescent, flowers in raceme, petals 4-5mm long, silicles ovate-elliptic, compressed, 6-10mm long, glabrous |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early 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 cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Draba exaltata E.Ekman Draba incerta var. laevicapsula (Payson) Payson & H.St.John Draba incerta var. peasei (Fernald) Rollins Draba laevicapsula Payson Draba peasei Fernald |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |