Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba macleanii Hook.f. sect. Rhabdodraba |
Bibliography | Fl. Antarct.: 235 (1845) |
Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3900-4900m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, oblong or narrowly obovate, obtuse, entire, at base tapered, 8-12mm, white tomentose, raceme 12-15-flowered, sepals oblong, petals 4mm, narrowly obovate |
Size | 3-6cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early 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 of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Draba atacamensis Gilg |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |