Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine microphylla Adams |
Bibliography | Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 111 (1817) |
Native Range | c. & e. Siberia to Kamchatka, Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-1600m |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves small, pinnate, lateral segments 1-2 pairs, broadly ovate, entire, stem leaves ternate, flowers 5-8 in sparse raceme, siliques erect, 1-4cm long |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | white, lavender |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cardamine minuta Willd. ex O.E.Schulz |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, KRA Krasnoyarsk, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |