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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesDraba subcapitata Simmons 
BibliographyVasc. Pl. Ellesmereland: 87 (1906)
Native RangeSubarctic
Primary BiomeSubarctic
Habitattundra
Altitude0-950m
Descriptiontaproot, leaves sessile, 5-12mm, oblanceolate, hirsute, entire, acute, flowers 2-8 in capitate raceme, floral scape shorter than leaves, petals obovate, shallowly emarginate
Size1-5cm
Colorwhite
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsDraba martinsiana J.Gay
Draba pauciflora var. subcapitata (Simmons) O.E.Schulz
Draba subcapitata f. glabrata Kuvaev
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories)
     72 Eastern Canada (QUE Québec)
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