Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Lepidium appelianum Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Novon 12: 7 (2002) |
Native Range | se. European Russia to sw. Siberia and n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | densely scabrously hirsute, stems apically ramose, leaves 1-7cm, obovate to oblanceolate, amplexicaule, dentate or entire, flowers in panicle, petals 3-4mm, broadly obovate |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cardaria pubescens (C.A.Mey.) Jarm. Cardaria pubescens var. elongata Rollins Hymenophysa pubescens C.A.Mey. |
Territory | 1 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) |