NameThatPlant.net: Draba verna

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Draba verna FAMILY Brassicaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Read more about Spring Draba at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Draba verna FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-01-006:

Draba verna FAMILY Brassicaceae

COMMON NAME:
Whitlow-grass, Spring Draba

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Draba verna FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Draba verna FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-01-006:
Draba verna FAMILY Brassicaceae

3237

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially in dry, barren soils, including granitic flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in SC Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals, deeply cleft thus appearing as 8
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Silique

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