Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Abdra brachycarpa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Learn more about Shortpod Draba from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Draba brachycarpa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Abdra brachycarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Draba brachycarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-01-002:
Draba brachycarpa FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Draba brachycarpa
COMMON NAME:
Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drbr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160311_136
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160311_139
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm250303_2121
March Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm250303_2124
March Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
In contrast to D. verna, this has a number of narrow leaves on its stems, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_brachycarpa_2
March Floyd County GA
Little Dry Creek Natural Area
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_d_brachycarpa_0765
March Catawba County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_d_brachycarpa_8140
March Catawba County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_d_brachycarpa_8140b
March Catawba County NC
Petals may be yellow or white and are rounded or notched at the tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_draba_brachycarpa_1
April Catawba County NC
Fruits are smooth, ellipsoid siliques, about 0.12" 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):
Abdra brachycarpa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Draba brachycarpa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Abdra brachycarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Draba brachycarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-01-002:
Draba brachycarpa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Draba brachycarpa
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Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Granitic flatrocks, open places (fields, roadsides, woodland margins, disturbed areas), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Piedmont & SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White / Yellowish
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal racemes
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
- 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) p115
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p058
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