Draba brachycarpa Nutt.
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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 - Annual or winter-annual to 2 dm, usually much-branched; basal lvs few and evanescent, elliptic to obovate; cauline lvs narrower, the uppermost nearly linear; racemes all elongate at maturity, 2–6 cm; pedicels ascending, glabrous to minutely stellate, usually 2–3 mm; pet white or yellow, to 3 mm, or none; frs oblong-elliptic, 2.5–4 × 0.8–1.4 mm, glabrous; 2n=16, 24. Dry woods and fields; Va. to Ind. and Kans., s. to Fla. and Tex. Mar.–May.