Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba ventosa A.Gray sect. Chrysodraba |
Bibliography | Amer. Naturalist 8: 212 (1874) |
Native Range | Yukon to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-3950m |
Description | grey, leaves numerous, ovate-elliptic to oblanceolate, 5-12mm, densely and scabrous hirsute, raceme short, 3-20-flowered, silicles oval to ovate, finely pubescent |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early 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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |