Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Hornungia brevicaulis (Spreng.) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | c. & se. Europe (mountains) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves in outline ovate, pinnate, segments 3-7, broadly lanceolate, flowers in compact raceme |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hornungia alpina ssp. brevicaulis (Spreng.) O.Appel Hutchinsia alpina f. brevicaulis (Spreng.) Bolzon Hutchinsia alpina ssp. brevicaulis (Spreng.) Arcang. Hutchinsia brevicaulis Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 863 (1825) Hutchinsia brevicaulis var. drexlerae Markgr. Hutchinsia caulifera Schur Lepidium brevicaule Hoppe ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Noccaea brevicaulis (Spreng.) Rchb. Pritzelago alpina ssp. brevicaulis (Spreng.) Greuter & Burdet Pritzelago brevicaulis Kuntze Pritzelago brevicaulis var. drexlerae (Markgr.) F.K.Mey. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) |