Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba pickeringii A.Gray |
Bibliography | U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 54 (1854) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 4100-4400m |
Description | leaves obovate-cuneate, entire, 6-8mm, adaxially densely pubescent, abaxially tomentose, flowers 10-25 in raceme, sepals pubescent, silicles broadly ovoid, 4-6mm, pubescent |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 summer |
Synonyms | Draba macleanii var. stylosa A.Gray |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |