Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba cryptantha Hook.f. sect. Tylodraba |
Bibliography | Fl. Antarct.: 234 (1845) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4200-5700m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, imbricate, broadly oblong, petiolate, 5mm, rounded, entire, abaxially silvery tomentose, raceme sessile, 6-10-flowered, petals 1-2mm long, spathulate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 chlorantha O.E.Schulz Draba cryptantha var. laxistellata O.E.Schulz Draba weberbaueri Gilg |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |