Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Crucihimalaya mollissima (C.A.Mey.) Al-Shehbaz & al. |
Bibliography | Novon 9: 299 (1999) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-4500m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, spathulate to oblong, finely pubescent, coarsely dentate, obtuse, stem leaves sessile, ovate to lanceolate, acute, flowers in raceme, petals 3-5mm |
Size | 5-40cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabidopsis mollissima (C.A.Mey.) N.Bush Arabidopsis mollissima var. glaberrima (Hook.f. & Thomson) Naqshi & Javeid Arabis gracilis Willd. ex Ledeb. Hesperis mollissima (C.A.Mey.) Kuntze Hesperis thomsonii (Hook.f.) Kuntze Sisymbrium mollissimum C.A.Mey. Sisymbrium mollissimum var. glaberrimum Hook.f. & Thomson Sisymbrium mollissimum f. pamiricum Korsh. Sisymbrium thomsonii Hook.f. Stenophragma mollissima (C.A.Mey.) B.Fedtsch. Thellungiella mollissima (C.A.Mey.) V.I.Dorof. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |