Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba sierrae Sharsm. |
Bibliography | Madrońo 5: 149 (1940) |
Native Range | sc. California |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3500-3900m |
Description | leaves densely crowded, 2-6mm, grey, scape 2-8-flowered, petals 4-5mm long, silicles ovate, 3-8mm long, finely pubescent, more or less contorted |
Size | 1-4cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |