Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Smelowskia pyriformis W.H.Drury & Rollins |
Bibliography | Rhodora 54: 108 (1952) |
Native Range | Alaska |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 600-1700m |
Description | basal leaves white pubescent, broadly oblong to ovate, pinnatipartite, 2-4cm long, flowers in dense head, sepals oval, deep lavender, silicles pyriform |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | purple, white, lavender |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) |