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Draba borealis DC. sect. Leucodraba 
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesDraba borealis DC. sect. Leucodraba
BibliographySyst. Nat. 2: 342 (1821)
Native RangeRussian Far East to n. Japan, Aleutian Islands to w. Canada
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude0-2400m
Descriptionbasal leaves in rosette. obovate-spathulate, obtuse, subentire, densely scabrously hirsute, stem leaves sessile, flowers 8-12 in compact raceme, petals 4-6mm long
Size5-20cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsDraba borealis var. arctoborealis V.V.Petrovsky
Draba borealis var. foliosa Regel & Tiling
Draba borealis f. hebecarpa Pohle
Draba borealis var. interior V.V.Petrovsky
Draba borealis var. kurilensis (Turcz.) F.Schmidt
Draba borealis f. leiocarpa Pohle
Draba borealis var. maxima (Hultén) S.L.Welsh
Draba borealis var. ochotensis (Regel & Tiling) O.E.Schulz
Draba hirsuta Turcz.
Draba hirta var. ochotensis Regel & Tiling
Draba incana var. borealis (DC.) Torr. & A.Gray
Draba kurilensis (Turcz.) N.Busch
Draba kurilensis var. leiocarpa Pohle
Draba maxima Hultén
Draba unalaschkiana DC.
Draba wormskjoldii Fisch. ex Spreng.
Odontocyclus kurilensis Turcz.
Schivereckia contorta Andrz. ex Besser
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin)
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia)
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