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Arabis Petraea
''Arabis'' ,''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 or rockcress, is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Brassicaceae. Description The species are herbaceous, annual or perennial plants, growing to 10–80 cm tall, usually densely hairy, with simple entire to lobed leaves 1–6 cm long, and small white four-petaled flowers. The fruit is a long, slender capsule containing 10-20 or more seeds. Natural habitat for ''Arabis'' species is rocky mountain/cliff sides or dry sites. Cultivation of ''Arabis'' is best suited for rock gardens or container gardens. This genus is pollinated by members of Apieae and Lepidoptera. Taxonomy Though traditionally recognized as a large genus with many Old World and New World members, more recent evaluations of the relationships among these species using genetic data suggest there are two major groups within the old genus ''Arabis''. These two groups are not each other's closest relatives, so have been split into tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabis Ferdinandi-coburgii
''Arabis ferdinandi-coburgii'' is a species of flowering plant, flowering plant of the genus ''Arabis'' belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It was described in 1903 by Johann Kellerer and Franz Sündermann and was named after Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria. The stem of the plant is 6–12 cm high. The inflorescence is apical and racemose. Its colour iswhite. Petals reach a length of 7–9 mm and have an oblong obovate shape. The fruits are bare linear pods, the seeds are brown. ''Arabis ferdinandi-coburgii'' blooms in June–July, fruiting in August–September. It is pollinated by insects. This plant is endemism, endemic to the Pirin mountain range of Bulgaria, where it grows in the high mountain belt on calcareous rocky and stony terrains - rocky meadows, terraces and rock crevices. Populations are spatially isolated, fragmented, formed by single plants or small groups of several individual plants. It is found at altitudes between 2,000 m and 2,800 m on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
