Draba reptans (Lam.) Fernald
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Brassicaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Simple or basally branched annual or winter-annual 5–20 cm; basal lvs oblanceolate to spatulate or obovate, 1–3 cm, blunt, entire, pubescent with mostly simple hairs above, stellate beneath; cauline lvs few and near the base of the stem; pet white, to 5 mm, or none; racemes at maturity congested, the glabrous axis 5–20 mm, rarely more; pedicels glabrous, ascending, mostly a third to half as long as the fr; fr ascending or erect, 1–2 cm, glabrous or strigulose; 2n=16, 30, 32. Dry, sterile or sandy soil; Mass. and R.I. to s. Ont., Minn., and Wash., s. to N.C., Ga., and Calif. Apr., May. Our pls are var. reptans. (D. caroliniana; D. micrantha)