Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Macropodium nivale (Pall.) W.T.Aiton |
Bibliography | Hort. Kew. 4: 108 (1812) |
Native Range | s. Siberia to Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | stems glabrous, leaves elliptic to lanceolate, glabrous, petiolate, obtusely serrate, the upper sessile, entire, raceme long, flowers patent, petals linear, 6-10mm |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis nivalis (Pall.) Spreng. Cardamine nivalis Pall. Cleome nivalis Vahl ex DC. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |