Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera fernaldiana (Rollins) W.A.Weber |
Bibliography | Phytologia 51: 370 (1982) |
Native Range | Nevada |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3400m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, oblong-ovate, acute, stem leaves sessile, oblong, flowers in raceme, petals 7-12mm, siliques 3-7cm long, divaricate-ascending, glabrous, curved |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | 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 canescens var. stylosa S.Watson Arabis fernaldiana Rollins Arabis fernaldiana var. stylosa (S.Watson) Rollins Arabis fernaldiana var. typica Rollins |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada) |