Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Weberbauera spathulifolia (A.Gray) O.E.Schulz |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 105(86): 193 (1924) |
Native Range | c. Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3600-4800m |
Description | basal leaves narrowly spathulate-lanceolate, 5-30mm, long petiolate, stem leaves upwards smaller, coarsely, remotely dentate, flowers 10-13, 6mm across, in compact raceme |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Braya densiflora Muschl. Hesperis ciliolata (E.Fourn.) Kuntze Hesperis spathulifolia (A.Gray) Kuntze Hesperis oligantha (Wedd.) Kuntze Sisymbrium ciliolatum E.Fourn. Sisymbrium oliganthum Wedd. Sisymbrium spathulifolium A.Gray Weberbauera densiflora (Muschl.) Gilg & Muschl. Weberbauera spathulifolia var. integrifolia O.E.Schulz |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |