Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera platysperma (A.Gray) Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Novon 13: 388 (2003) |
Native Range | Oregon to California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1600-3000m |
Description | basal leaves in rosette, petiolate, oblanceolate to broadly spathulate, obtuse, densely hirsute, entire, siliques ascendent, 4-10cm long, coriaceous, glabrous or hirsute |
Size | 6-35cm |
Color | creamy white, purplish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
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 division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis inamoena Greene Arabis oligantha Greene Arabis platysperma A.Gray Arabis platysperma var. typica Rollins Eryimum platyspermum (A.Gray) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |