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Draba cinerea Adams sect. Leucodraba 
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesDraba cinerea Adams sect. Leucodraba
BibliographyMém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 103 (1817)
Native RangeSubarctic to Canada
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionleaves oblanceolate to linear, 4-15mm, entire, densely pubescent, at base ciliate, stem leaves 1-3, ovate, entire, sessile, flowers in raceme, petals spathulate, 3-5mm long
Size5-15cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsDraba ajanensis N.Busch
Draba akmolensis N.Busch
Draba cinerea var. genuina Pohle
Draba cinerea var. ladogensis H.Lindb.
Draba hirsutiuscula N.Busch
Draba magellanica var. cinerea (Adams) Ostenf.
Draba normalis N.Busch
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, SAS Saskatchewan)
     72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
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