Brassicaceae FAMILY

Arabis alpina

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Arabis alpina is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing a cluster of loose, spreading rosettes of leaves from which develop elongated racemes of flowers. The plant grows around 15cm in leaf tall, 20 - 30cm when in flower[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. The plant can be harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens, where it can be used as a ground cover. Extensively cultivated as an ornamental plant, it sometimes escapes from cultivation and becomes locally naturalized[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope - Norway to Spain, eastwards through the Caucasus, central and northern Asia to the Russian Far East; Africa - Morocco, Algeria

HabitatScrees and rocks in moist sites in mountains[ 45 Title Flowers of Greece and the Balkans. Publication Author Polunin. O. Publisher Oxford University Press Year 1980 ISBN 0-19-217626-9 Description A good pocket flora, it also lists quite a few plant uses. , 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ]. Crevices of limestone rocks, along streams, calcareous alpine meadows, Salix scrub on slopes with scree; at elevations from sea level to 2,400 metres in Newfoundland[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].