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Lepidium appelianum Al-Shehbaz  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesLepidium appelianum Al-Shehbaz 
BibliographyNovon 12: 7 (2002)
Native Rangese. European Russia to sw. Siberia and n. China
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland
Descriptiondensely scabrously hirsute, stems apically ramose, leaves 1-7cm, obovate to oblanceolate, amplexicaule, dentate or entire, flowers in panicle, petals 3-4mm, broadly obovate
Size15-35cm
Colorwhite
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, sunny site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsCardaria pubescens (C.A.Mey.) Jarm.
Cardaria pubescens var. elongata Rollins
Hymenophysa pubescens C.A.Mey.
Territory1 Europe
     14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan)
     36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
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