Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Draba verna
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
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
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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
Non-native: Europe
Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially in dry, barren soils, including granitic flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals, deeply cleft thus appearing as 8
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
FRUIT:
Spring
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p125
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p109
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p089
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p116
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p058