Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba subcapitata Simmons |
Bibliography | Vasc. Pl. Ellesmereland: 87 (1906) |
Native Range | Subarctic |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-950m |
Description | taproot, leaves sessile, 5-12mm, oblanceolate, hirsute, entire, acute, flowers 2-8 in capitate raceme, floral scape shorter than leaves, petals obovate, shallowly emarginate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Draba martinsiana J.Gay Draba pauciflora var. subcapitata (Simmons) O.E.Schulz Draba subcapitata f. glabrata Kuvaev |
Territory | 0 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) |