| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Smelowskia calycina (Stephan ex Willd.) C.A.Mey. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. [C.F.von Ledebour] 3: 170 (1831) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to ne. Afghanistan and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1000-4900m |
| Description | stem and leaves hirsute, basal leaves to 10cm, in outline ovate, pinnatilobate to pinnatisect, petiole thin, at base with long, rigid hairs, flowers in cyme, petals 5-10mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white, pale yellow |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 in late summer |
| Synonyms | Bunias altaica Schangin ex DC. Chrysanthemopsis koelzii Rech.f. Hutchinsia calycina (Stephan ex Willd.) Desv. Hutchinsia calycina var. pectinata Regel & Herder Hutchinsia pectinata var. densiflora Regel & Herder Lepidium calycinum Stephan ex Willd. Smelowskia calycina var. brachycarpa A.L.Ebel Smelowskia calycina var. densiflora O.E.Schulz Smelowskia calycina var. typica Rollins Smelowskia koelzii (Rech.f.) Rech.f. Smelowskia tianschanica E.M.Velichkin |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |
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