Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Dryas oxyodonta Juz. |
Bibliography | Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 28: 313 (1929) |
Native Range | Siberia to Kazakhstan and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves elliptic, 5-30mm long, broadly cuneate, adaxially dully green, subglabrous, abaxially grey tomentose, crenate-dentate, flowers 15-35mm, petals elliptic |
Size | 2-10cm |
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 winter, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer; layering in early spring |
Synonyms | Dryas octopetala ssp. oxyodonta (Juz.) Hultén Dryas octopetala var. oxyodonta (Juz.) Hultén Dryas oxyodonta var. hololeuca Popov |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |