Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba spectabilis Greene sect. Phyllodraba |
Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 19 (1899) |
Native Range | Wyoming to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2000-3900m |
Description | basal leaves obovate or spathulate, 2-3cm, stem leaves ovate, thin, flowers in oblong raceme, petals 6-8mm long, spathulate, silicles 8-10mm long, glabrous |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
Synonyms | Draba oxyloba Greene Draba spectabilis var. bella O.E.Schulz Draba spectabilis var. oxyloba (Greene) Gilg & O.E.Schulz Draba spectabilis var. purpusii Gilg & O.E.Schulz |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |