Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera paupercula (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 75 (2006) |
Native Range | nw. USA to California |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2400-3700m |
Description | lower leaves in rosette, linear-oblanceolate, entire, ciliate, densely pubescent, stem leaves 2-6, glabrous, raceme 3-8-flowered, sepals glabrous, petals 4-6mm, glabrous |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | lavender-blue, purple |
Bloom | 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 in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis lyallii var. nubigena (J.F.Macbr. & Payson) Rollins Arabis microphylla var. nubigena (J.F.Macbr. & Payson) Rollins Arabis nubigena J.F.Macbr. & Payson Arabis paupercula Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |