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Boechera lemmonii (S.Watson) W.A.Weber  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesBoechera lemmonii (S.Watson) W.A.Weber 
BibliographyPhytologia 51: 370 (1982)
Native RangeAlaska to w. USA
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocks
Altitude2100-4400m
Descriptionbasal leaves numerous in rosette, 15-25mm, remotely dentate, obovate, greyish and pubescent, stem leaves small, remote, raceme 3-10-flowered, siliques glabrous
Size5-25cm
Colorwhite, purple
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in fall; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsArabis 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
Territory7 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)
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