Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba argentifolia Al-Shehbaz sect. Rhabdodraba |
Bibliography | J. Arnold Arbor. 70: 427 (1989) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 4500-4700m |
Description | leaves minute, 3-6mm, white tomentose, obovate-cuneate, rounded, entire, raceme compact, 10-25-flowered, sepals oblong, petals 2mm long, spathulate |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | white |
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 |
Synonyms | Draba argentea O.E.Schulz |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |