Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Draba aretioides Humb. & Bonpl. ex DC. sect. Tylodraba |
Bibliography | Syst. Nat. 2: 354 (1821) |
Native Range | Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 4000-4800m |
Description | leaves entire, 2-4mm, oblong to narrowly obovate, acute, sericeous, villose, broadly petiolate, flowers 12-15, 2-3mm across, in the centre of rosettes |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow, white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Draba aretioides var. leiocarpa O.E.Schulz Draba aretioides f. subumbellata O.E.Schulz Draba benthamiana Gilg |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador) |