SPECIES DESCRIPTION
ARABIS ALPINA subsp. ALPINA
Family and Genus:- See- CRUCIFERAE
Common Name:- Alpine rock-cress
Homotypic Synonym:- None
Meaning:- Arabis (L) Arabian.
Alpina (L) Of mountains, alpine.
General description:- A densely hairy perennial herb.
Stems:-
1) 5-40 cm Flowering stems unbranched.
Leaves:-
1) Basal, attenuate-petiolate, oblong or obovate, dentate.
2) Cauline, ovate to lanceolate.
Flowers:-
1) Infructescence lax.
2) Outer sepals, conspicuously saccate at the base.
3) Petals, 6-18 mm, white (rarely pink).
Fruit:-
1) Siliqua 20-70 x 1·5-2·5 mm, patent.
Key features:-
1) Perennial with vegetative leaf-rosettes.
2) Petals 6-18 mm.
Habitat:- Gorges, rocky outcrops in woodland, stabilised screes, mainly on
limestone. 600-2300 m.
Distribution:- Mountains throughout mainland Greece. - SE Europe and SW Asia.
Limited distribution on Crete, mainly in the four main massifs.
Flowering time:- Apr to early Aug.
Photos by:- Steve Lenton
Native to:
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, Czechoslovakia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Norway, Nunavut, Poland, Québec, Romania, Rwanda, Somalia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Argentina South, Buryatiya, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, Czechoslovakia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Norway, Nunavut, Poland, Québec, Romania, Rwanda, Somalia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Argentina South, Buryatiya, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
Introduced
Native