Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba depressa Hook.f. sect. Tylodraba |
Bibliography | Fl. Antarct.: 234 (1845) |
Native Range | Colombia to n. Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3600-5100m |
Description | densely white lanate, leaves obovate, orbiculate, entire, 4-6mm long, flowers in spherical raceme, subsessile, corolla with distinct style, petals and calyx 2mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale ochre |
Bloom | late 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 summer |
Synonyms | Draba alchemilloides Gilg Draba depressa var. meyeri O.E.Schulz Draba depressa var. radicata (Hook.f.) O.E.Schulz Draba radicata Hook.f. Draba radicata var. hartianum Simmons |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |