Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba gilliesii Hook. & Arn. sect. Calodraba |
Bibliography | Bot. Misc. 3: 137 (1833) |
Native Range | Argentina to Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 450-3900m |
Description | basal leaves 8-45mm, narrowly petiolate, oblong-spathulate, obtuse and entire, densely hirsute, flowers ca. 7mm across in simple raceme, elongate in fruit |
Size | 5-25cm |
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 araucana Phil. Draba azorellicola O.E.Schulz Draba chubutensis Speg. Draba colchaguensis Phil. Draba davilae Phil. Draba gilliesii f. araucana O.E.Schulz Draba gilliesii var. argentina O.E.Schulz Draba gilliesii f. bagualensis O.E.Schulz Draba gilliesii var. davilae (Phil.) O.E.Schulz Draba gilliesii var. glabrata O.E.Schulz Draba gilliesii var. rosulata (Phil.) Reiche Draba gilliesii var. shannoniorum O.E.Schulz Draba gilliesii var. stolonifera (Barnéoud) Reiche Draba magellanica var. glabrata Gilg Draba rosulata Phil. Draba stolonifera Barnéoud |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |
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