Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera suffrutescens (S.Watson) Dorn |
Bibliography | Brittonia 55: 3 (2003) |
Native Range | w. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3000m |
Description | glabrous, woody-based, basal leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 2-4cm, stem leaves oblong, flowers 5-20 in raceme, petals 5-8mm, siliques glabrous, pendent, 4-6cm long, acute |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | purple, whitish |
Bloom | spring |
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 in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis dianthifolia Greene Arabis suffrutescens S.Watson Arabis suffrutescens var. typica Rollins |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |