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Draba oligosperma Hook. sect. Chrysodraba 
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesDraba oligosperma Hook. sect. Chrysodraba
BibliographyFl. Bor.-Amer. [Hooker] 1: 51 (1830)
Native RangeAlaska to w. USA
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks
Altitude200-3900m
Descriptiongreyish, leaves crowded, linear, 3-12mm long, ciliate, abaxially appressed hirsute, racemes 3-15-flowered, petals 3-5mm long, silicles of various shape
Size2-10cm
Coloryellow
Bloomlate spring
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsDraba andina (Nutt.) A.Nelson
Draba calcifuga P.Lesica
Draba glacialis var. pilosa Regel
Draba oligosperma var. andina Nutt.
Draba oligosperma f. hirtiscapa O.E.Schulz
Draba oligosperma var. leiocarpa O.E.Schulz
Draba oligosperma var. microcarpa Blank.
Draba oligosperma var. pilosa (Regel) O.E.Schulz
Draba oligosperma var. saximontana (A.Nelson) O.E.Schulz
Draba oligosperma ssp. subsessilis (S.Watson) A.E.Murray
Draba oligosperma var. subsessilis (S.Watson) O.E.Schulz
Draba saximontana A.Nelson
Draba sessilis S.Watson
Draba subsessilis S.Watson
Territory7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada)
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