Biology:Arabis caucasica
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Arabis |
| Species: | A. caucasica
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| Binomial name | |
| Arabis caucasica Willd.[1]
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Arabis caucasica is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae) known by the common names garden arabis,[3] mountain rock cress or Caucasian rockcress.
Distribution and habitat
It is native to Crimea, Turkey, Iran, Caucasus and the Mediterranean.[4] It grows in crevices of limestone rocks, streams and alpine meadows.[4]
Description
Arabis caucasica is an evergreen perennial herb growing up to 1 ft (0.30 m) by 1.5 ft (0.46 m).[4] It flowers in early spring and has white petals.[5]
Cultivation
It is hardy to zones 4-9 and is not frost tender. A popular ornamental garden plant for its early flowers, cultivars include the pink 'Compinkie'. Under its putative synonym A. alpina subsp. caucasica, the cultivars 'Flore Pleno' [6] and 'Schneehaube'[7] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
See also
References
- ↑ Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 45 (1814)
- ↑ "Arabis caucasica Willd.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:278095-1.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Arabis caucasica - Plant Finder". https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=278048.
- ↑ "Arabis caucasica in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242442306.
- ↑ "Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica 'Flore Pleno'". RHS. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/68086/Arabis-alpina-subsp-caucasica-Flore-Pleno-(d)/Details. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ↑ "Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica 'Schneehaube'". RHS. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/112684/Arabis-alpina-subsp-caucasica-Schneehaube/Details. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q161313 entry
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