Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera covillei (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Harvard Pap. Bot. 12: 237 (2007) |
Native Range | Oregon to California and Nevada |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2200-3500m |
Description | stems glabrous, basal leaves in rosette, lanceolate, entire, ciliate, glabrous, stem leaves smaller, flowers 2-9 in erect raceme, sepals glabrous, petals 5-6mm |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | lavender, purple |
Bloom | summer |
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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 covillei Greene Arabis leibergii Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |