Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine pachystigma (S.Watson) Rollins |
Bibliography | Harvard Pap. Bot. 4: 45 (1993) |
Native Range | California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 250-2900m |
Description | basal leaves entire, 4-5cm, broadly ovate to orbiculate, thick, carnose, at margins sinuate, inflorescence short, petals 4-11mm, siliques erect, 3-6cm, acuminate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | rose, purple, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cardamine californica var. pachystigma (S.Watson) O.E.Schulz Dentaria californica var. pachystigma S.Watson Dentaria corymbosa Jeps. Dentaria corymbosa var. grata Jeps. Dentaria pachystigma (S.Watson) S.Watson Dentaria pachystigma var. corymbosa (Jeps.) Abrams Dentaria pachystigma var. dissectifolia Detling |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |