Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba smithii Gilg ex O.E.Schulz sect. Phyllodraba |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 105(89): 177 (1927) |
Native Range | s. Colorado to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2300-3650m |
Description | basal leaves narrowly ovate, acute, entire, shortly petiolate, 6-8mm, stem leaves sessile, oblong, acute, raceme corymbose, 8-12-flowered, petals 4-5mm, broadly obovate |
Size | 10-25cm |
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 cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |