Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Lepidium mendocinensis (Hauman) Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Phytotaxa 516: 112 (2021) |
Native Range | n. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1700-3000m |
Description | leaves in crowded rosette, linear, coriaceous, carnose, sessile, 3-6mm long, flowers 1-5, 4-7mm across, in sessile, umbellate raceme |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Lithodraba mendocinensis (Hauman) Boelcke Xerodraba mendocinensis Hauman |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGW Argentina Northwest) |