Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera atrorubens (Suksd. ex Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 64 (2006) |
Native Range | Oregon to Washington |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-800m |
Description | subglabrous, leaves oblanceolate, dentate, stem leaves distinctly auriculate, racemes 6-20-flowered, sepals dark purple-black, petals 15-20mm, siliques 6-12cm, glabrous |
Size | 8-60cm |
Color | red-purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis atriflora Suksd. Arabis atrorubens Suksd. ex Greene Arabis sparsiflora var. atrorubens (Suksd. ex Greene) Rollins |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |