Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Arabis caucasica Willd. |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 45 (1814) |
Native Range | se. Europe to Iran and Arabian Peninsula, nw. Africa |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 100-3000m |
Description | hirsute or tomentose, lower leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, stem leaves ovate, cordate-amplexicaule, sparsely dentate, flowers in raceme, petals obovate, at base attenuate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis albida Steven ex Fisch. Arabis albida f. racemopuberula N.Busch Arabis albida var. umbrosa Boiss. Arabis alpina Georgi Arabis alpina ssp. caucasica (Willd.) Briq. Arabis alpina var. commutata Pau & Font Quer Arabis alpina ssp. flavescens (Griseb.) Hayek Arabis alpina var. flavescens Griseb. Arabis billardieri DC. Arabis caucasica ssp. flavescens (Griseb.) F.K.Mey. Arabis caucasica var. leiopoda Pau Arabis longifolia DC. Arabis olympica Sibth. ex DC. Arabis sicula Steven Arabis tenorei A.Huet ex Nyman Arabis thyrsoidea Sm. Arabis viscosa DC. Cardamine viscosa S.G.Gmel. ex DC. Cheiranthus mollis Hornem. Crucifera albida E.H.L.Krause Erysimum albidum (Steven) Kuntze Turritis verna Lam. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia, YEM Yemen) |