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Cochlearia groenlandica L.  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesCochlearia groenlandica L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 647 (1753)
Native RangeSubarctic to n. California
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks
Descriptionleaves petiolate, ovate or deltate, entire, basally truncate, stem leaves sessile, denticulate, flowers numerous in raceme, sepals ovate, petals oblanceolate, 2-5mm
Size5-30cm
Coloryellow
Bloomspring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsCochlearia arctica Schltdl. ex DC.
Cochlearia arctica ssp. oblongifolia (DC.) V.V.Petrovsky
Cochlearia arctica var. oblongifolia (DC.) Trautv.
Cochlearia arctica var. wahlenbergiana Trautv.
Cochlearia fenestrata R.Br. ex DC.
Cochlearia groenlandica ssp. islandica (Pobed.) Á.Löve
Cochlearia islandica Pobed.
Cochlearia lenensis Adams ex Fisch.
Cochlearia oblongifolia DC.
Cochlearia officinalis ssp. arctica (Schltdl. ex DC.) Hultén
Cochlearia officinalis var. arctica (Schltdl. ex DC.) Alef.
Cochlearia officinalis ssp. groenlandica (L.) A.E.Porsild
Cochlearia officinalis var. groenlandica (L.) Alef.
Cochlearia officinalis var. lenensis (Adams ex Fisch.) Alef.
Cochlearia officinalis var. oblongifolia (DC.) Gelert
Cochlearia officinalis ssp. oblongifolia (DC.) Hultén
Cochlearia polaris Pobed.
Cochlearia rotundifolia var. alpina Gray
Cochleariopsis groenlandica (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Cochlearopsis groenlandica ssp. arctica (Schltdl. ex DC.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Cochleariopsis groenlandica ssp. oblongifolia (DC.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Draba cochlearioides Turcz. ex Besser
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FOR Fřroyar, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin)
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California)
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