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RUPESTRINE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
  • Petrography
DEF

Growing on rocks.

CONT

Rupestral and mural plants are those found on rocks and walls, such as species of Saxifrage, Sedum, Draba, Lichens and Mosses.

CONT

Unlike most species of Hieracium it is usually a soil plant rather than rupestral.

OBS

Also [used] as [a noun]: a rupestral plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Se dit d'une plante qui croît sur les rochers.

PHR

Flore rupestre, plante rupestre.

Key term(s)
  • rupestral

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Biología vegetal
  • Petrografía
DEF

[Dícese de la] planta que vive sobre sustrato rocoso.

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