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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Draba verna
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Draba verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Draba verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-01-006:
Draba verna FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Draba verna
COMMON NAME:
Whitlow-grass, Spring Draba
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drve2_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_draba_verna_1_c
March
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_draba_verna_1_c2
March
The hairy leaves 0.4-0.8" long, all crowded into a basal rosette, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_draba_verna_1_c3
March
Fruits are smooth, flattened, egg-shaped siliques to 0.4" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Draba verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Draba verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-01-006:
Draba verna
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Draba verna
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p125
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p109
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p138
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p089
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p116
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p058
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