Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera sparsiflora (Nutt.) Dorn |
Bibliography | Vasc. Pl. Wyoming, ed. 3: 376 (2001) |
Native Range | British Columbia to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 200-2800m |
Description | basal leaves long petiolate, entire, linear-oblanceolate, pubescent, 3-10cm, stem leaves linear, petals 8-14mm long, siliques ascendent, glabrous, 6-12cm long |
Size | 15-80cm |
Color | lavender, purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis arcoidea A.Nelson Arabis campyloba Greene Arabis peramoena Greene Arabis polytricha Greene Arabis sparsiflora Nutt. Arabis sparsiflora var. peramoena (Greene) Rollins Arabis sparsiflora var. typica Rollins |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |