Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera oxylobula (Greene) W.A.Weber |
Bibliography | Phytologia 51: 370 (1982) |
Native Range | Colorado |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-3600m |
Description | stem thin, glabrous, basal leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, entire, acute, glabrous, 2-3cm, stem leaves few, oblong, flowers few in lax raceme, petals 5mm long |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | white, pale lavender |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis demissa Greene Arabis demissa var. typica Rollins Arabis oxylobula Greene Arabis rugocarpa Osterh. Boechera demissa (Greene) W.A.Weber |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) |