Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhizobotrya alpina Tausch |
Bibliography | Flora 19: 34 (1836) |
Native Range | se. Alps |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1900-2800m |
Description | leaves oblong-spathulate, obtuse, long petiolate, subentire, lower leaves crowded, flowers in corymb, silicles ovate, obtuse |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
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 spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cochlearia brevicaulis Facchini ex W.D.J.Koch Cochlearia rhizobotrya Walp. Draba rhizobotrya Steud. Kernera alpina (Tausch) Prantl |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |