Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba magellanica Lam. |
Bibliography | Encycl. 2: 328 (1786) |
Native Range | s. & nw. Argentina to s. Chile, w. Falkland Islands |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-3380m |
Description | lower leaves shortly petiolate, oblanceolate, 1-3cm long, hirsute, ciliate, entire, obtuse and acute, flowers in raceme, sepals ovate, pubescent, petals spathulate, 3-5mm |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | white |
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 rosette cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Draba 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. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |