Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba arabisans Michx. sect. Leucodraba |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 28 (1803) |
Native Range | c. & e. Canada to nc. & ne. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-300m |
Description | leaves lanceolate or spathulate, 3-7cm long, minutely stellate-hirsute, flowers ca. 5-6mm in diam. in raceme, silicles ovate, subcampylotropic, 5-11mm long, glabrous |
Size | 7-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Draba arabis Pers. Draba arabisans var. superiorensis Butters & Abbe Draba incana var. arabisans (Michx.) S.Watson Draba incana var. glabriuscula A.Gray Draba longii Schwein. ex Torr. & A.Gray |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, MIC Michigan, NWY New York, VER Vermont) |