Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba altaica (C.A.Mey.) Bunge sect. Leucodraba |
Bibliography | Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1841: 8 (1841) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2000-5600m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, lanceolate, 6-20mm, pubescent, acute, stem leaves sessile, ovate to elliptic, raceme 5-15-flowered, sepals oblong, erect, petals spathulate, 2mm |
Size | 1-10cm |
Color | white |
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 summer |
Synonyms | Draba altaica var. microcarpa O.E.Schulz Draba altaica var. modesta (W.W.Sm.) W.T.Wang Draba altaica f. pusilla O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch. Draba altaica var. racemosa O.E.Schulz Draba altaica var. stellatopilosa Tolm. & Yunusov Draba junussovii Tolm. Draba modesta W.W.Sm. Draba rupestris var. altaica C.A.Mey. Draba rupestris var. pusilla Kar. & Kir. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |