Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Noccaea vesicaria (L.) Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | Harvard Pap. Bot. 19: 47 (2014) |
Native Range | Caucasus to Lebanon and e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 800-3300m |
Description | basal leaves linear to spathulate, with 3-5 denticles, stem leaves sessile, petals 6-11mm long, silicles papery, ventricose |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alyssum vesicaria L. Coluteocarpus reticulatus (Lam. ex Poir.) Boiss. Coluteocarpus vesicaria (L.) Holmboe Lagowskia physocarpa Trautv. Vesicaria dentata Sm. Vesicaria reticulata Lam. ex Poir |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |