Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera lemmonii (S.Watson) W.A.Weber |
Bibliography | Phytologia 51: 370 (1982) |
Native Range | Alaska to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2100-4400m |
Description | basal leaves numerous in rosette, 15-25mm, remotely dentate, obovate, greyish and pubescent, stem leaves small, remote, raceme 3-10-flowered, siliques glabrous |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | white, purple |
Bloom | summer |
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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 division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis bracteolata Greene Arabis canescens var. latifolia S.Watson Arabis codyi G.A.Mulligan Arabis egglestonii Rydb. Arabis kennedyi Greene Arabis latifolia (S.Watson) Piper Arabis lemmonii S.Watson Arabis lemmonii var. typica Rollins Arabis oreocallis Greene Arabis polyclada Greene Arabis semipulta Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |