Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Ancashia alpaminae (Gilg & Muschl.) Al-Shehbaz & al. |
Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 108: 256 (2023) |
Native Range | c. Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4500-4900m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, narrowly spathulate, entire, blade 3-4mm long, grey villose, corolla 1cm across, petals narrowly spathulate, siliques grey villose, 6-9mm long |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | bright greenish yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Brayopsis alpaminae Gilg & Muschl. Brayopsis alpaminae ssp. smithii Al-Shehbaz Brayopsis pycnophylla Gilg & Muschl. Englerocharis alpaminae (Gilg & Muschl.) Baehni & J.F.Macbr. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |