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Draba magellanica Lam.  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesDraba magellanica Lam. 
BibliographyEncycl. 2: 328 (1786)
Native Ranges. & nw. Argentina to s. Chile, w. Falkland Islands
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude0-3380m
Descriptionlower leaves shortly petiolate, oblanceolate, 1-3cm long, hirsute, ciliate, entire, obtuse and acute, flowers in raceme, sepals ovate, pubescent, petals spathulate, 3-5mm
Size5-35cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring
Ca
Typesubshrub
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
rosette cuttings in late summer
SynonymsDraba atuelica Chodat & Wilczek
Draba atuelica var. leiocarpa O.E.Schulz
Draba chodatii O.E.Schulz
Draba falklandica Hook.f.
Draba incana var. magellanica (Lam.) Hook.f.
Draba incana var. sylvatica (Albov) Macloskie
Draba magellanica var. citrina O.E.Schulz
Draba magellanica var. falklandica (Hook.f.) O.E.Schulz
Draba magellanica f. microcarpa O.E.Schulz
Draba magellanica var. saffordii (Phil.) O.E.Schulz
Draba magellanica var. sylvatica Albov
Draba rosularis Chodat & Wilczek
Draba saffordii Phil.
Territory8 Southern America
     85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLS Chile South)
9 Antarctic
     90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.)
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