Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine digitata Richardson |
Bibliography | Narr. Journey Polar Sea [J. Franklin]: 743 (1823) |
Native Range | n. Russian Far East to Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | stem leaves alternate, pinnatipartite, leaflets 3-4-pairs, oblong, glabrous, flowers 9-15 in raceme, corolla 5-15mm, calyx green and purple, glabrous, petals obovate, 5-7mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cardamine digitata var. oxyphylla Trautv. Cardamine digitata var. sphenophylla (Jurtzev) Khatri Cardamine hyperborea O.E.Schulz Cardamine hyperborea var. oxyphylla (Andrz. ex Ledeb.) O.E.Schulz Cardamine oxyphylla Andrz. ex Ledeb. Cardamine petersiana (Graebn.) Kuntze Cardamine richardsonii Hultén Cardamine sphenophylla Jurtzev Dentaria petersiana Graebn. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |