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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Kristl Walek on April 19, 2012, 09:44:21 PM

Title: Draba yunnanensis?
Post by: Kristl Walek on April 19, 2012, 09:44:21 PM

Is it, or isn't it?

My memory aint what it used be...and neither are my grown-from-seed lists

Foliage is very grey & congested.
It is blooming now (but everything is about a month ahead of time).

Title: Re: Draba yunnanensis?
Post by: Lesley Cox on April 23, 2012, 02:09:30 AM

It's lovely Kristl.

Title: Re: Draba yunnanensis?
Post by: TheOnionMan on April 23, 2012, 02:58:16 AM

I agree this is a lovely little draba, although it  doesn't really fit the description of D. yunnanesis.  Your plant is much better and tighter than true D. yunnanesis.  Not sure what species it actually is, and I can see from checking the web, this short nearly stemless plant is going around as yunnanensis.

Check out Harry Jans web site:
http://www.jansalpines.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=14629

In Flora of China it looks to have taller stems, based on the line drawing and the description.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200009511
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=11840&flora_id=2

Title: Re: Draba yunnanensis?
Post by: Kristl Walek on April 23, 2012, 03:23:11 AM

I also posted this on my Facebook and yesterday a Czech grower contacted me, fairly certain that the plant is D. rosularis.
I have not had a chance to look at this possibility closer.

Title: Re: Draba yunnanensis?
Post by: Lesley Cox on April 23, 2012, 04:31:06 AM

I used to have D. rosularis many years ago and now you mention it, it does look pretty much like that.

Title: Re: Draba yunnanensis?
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on April 23, 2012, 10:48:12 AM

Here's a young Draba yunnanensis i bought earlier this year Kristl !