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Draba altaica (C.A.Mey.) Bunge sect. Leucodraba 
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesDraba altaica (C.A.Mey.) Bunge sect. Leucodraba
BibliographyIndex Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1841: 8 (1841)
Native Rangesw. Siberia to Himalaya
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocks and scree
Altitude2000-5600m
Descriptionbasal leaves petiolate, lanceolate, 6-20mm, pubescent, acute, stem leaves sessile, ovate to elliptic, raceme 5-15-flowered, sepals oblong, erect, petals spathulate, 2mm
Size1-10cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsDraba 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.
Territory3 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)
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