Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba affghanica Boiss. sect. Chrysodraba |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient., Suppl.: 55 (1888) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to w. Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-5800m |
Description | basal leaves in rosette, oblanceolate, sessile, entire, hirsute, flowers 5mm, 5-12, in corymbose raceme, silicles ovoid, acute, subglabrous |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, 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 rostrata Pohle |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |