Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba brackenridgei A.Gray sect. Rhabdodraba |
Bibliography | U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 53 (1854) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia to c. Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3900-4300m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, oblong or narrowly obovate, obtuse, entire, adaxially scabrously hirsute, abaxially densely tomentose, raceme 10-25-flowered, petals 2-3mm, obovate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | ochre |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
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 of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Draba cephalantha Gilg Draba pickeringii var. pearcei O.E.Schulz |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |