Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera pendulina (Greene) W.A.Weber |
Bibliography | Phytologia 51: 370 (1982) |
Native Range | w. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-3100m |
Description | basal leaves spathulate to linear-oblanceolate, hirsute or glabrous, entire, 1-4cm long, stem leaves lanceolate, acute, glabrous, flowers few in lax raceme, petals 5-6mm long |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | whitish, lavender |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis demissa var. russeola Rollins Arabis diehlii M.E.Jones Arabis pendulina Greene Arabis pendulina var. russeola (Rollins) Rollins Arabis setulosa Greene Boechera demissa var. pendulina (Greene) N.H.Holmgren Boechera demissa var. russeola (Rollins) N.H.Holmgren Boechera pendulina var. russeola (Rollins) Dorn |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |