Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba tibetica Hook.f. & Thomson sect. Leucodraba |
Bibliography | J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 152 (1861) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4600m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, oblanceolate to oblong, 8-25mm long, densely tomentose, obtuse, stem leaves usually absent, raceme 5-9-flowered, sepals ovate, petals obovate, 3-5mm |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Draba sikkimensis var. chitralensis O.E.Schulz Draba thomsonii Pohle Draba tibetica var. chitralensis (O.E.Schulz) Jafri Draba tibetica var. duthiei O.E.Schulz Draba tibetica var. thomsonii Hook.f. & Thomson Draba tranzschelii Litv. Draba turkestanica Regel & Schmalh. Draba turkestanica var. lasiocarpa Lipsky Draba turkestanica var. leiocarpa Lipsky |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |