Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Boechera perennans (S.Watson) W.A.Weber |
Bibliography | Phytologia 51: 370 (1982) |
Native Range | sw. USA to Texas and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 200-2000m |
Description | basal leaves numerous, oblanceolate, petiolate, dentate, densely pubescent, 2-6cm long, stem leaves lanceolate, entire, 1-3cm long, flowers in raceme, petals 6-9mm long |
Size | 15-70cm |
Color | purple, rose |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arabis angulata Greene ex Wooton & Standl. Arabis arcuata var. perennans (S.Watson) M.E.Jones Arabis eremophila Greene Arabis perennans S.Watson Arabis recondita Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |