Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba cheiranthoides Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Antarct.: 236 (1845) |
Native Range | ne. Colombia (Magdalena) |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3600-5250m |
Description | lower leaves in rosette, petiolate, narrowly oblanceolate, grey tomentose, dentate to serrate, acute, stem leaves similar, smaller, flowers in raceme, petals obovate, 6-8mm |
Size | 7-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C rosette cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia) |