Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Noccaea caespitosa (Boiss.) Al-Shehbaz & Menke |
Bibliography | Taxon 61: 949 (2012) |
Native Range | sw. Transcaucasus to n. & e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-2600m |
Description | leaves minute, rigid, dense, linear, mucronate, minutely serrate, abaxially carinate, stem leaves auriculate, flowers few in umbellate raceme, siliques elliptic |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late spring |
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 in late summer |
Synonyms | Aethionema caespitosum (Boiss.) Boiss. Apterigia caespitosa (Boiss.) V.I.Dorof. Iberidella caespitosa Boiss. Eunomia caespitosa (Boiss.) O.E.Schulz |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |