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Draba micropetala Hook.  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesDraba micropetala Hook. 
BibliographyJ. Voy. N.-W. Passage, Bot.: 385 (1825)
Native RangeSubarctic
Primary BiomeSubarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionlower leaves broadly oblanceolate, 6-20mm, entire, abaxially pubescent, adaxially glabrous, ciliate, obtuse, stem leaves 0, flowers 2-7 in raceme, petals spathulate, 2-3mm long
Size2-7cm
Colorpale yellow
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
rosette cuttings in late summer
SynonymsDraba alpina var. micropetala (Hook.) Durand
Draba oblongata ssp. minuta V.V.Petrovsky
Draba pauciflora var. micropetala (Hook.) O.E.Schulz
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (SVA Svalbard)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories)
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