Draba cuneifolia – Wedgeleaf Draba

Draba cuneifolia - Wedgeleaf Draba, Wedge-leaf Draba, Whitlow Grass, Wedge-leaf Whitlow-grass, Wedge-leaved Whitlow-grass

Draba cuneifolia - Wedgeleaf Draba, Wedge-leaf Draba, Whitlow Grass, Wedge-leaf Whitlow-grass, Wedge-leaved Whitlow-grass

Plant Name

Scientific Name: Draba cuneifolia

Common Names: Wedgeleaf Draba, Wedge-leaf Draba, Whitlow Grass, Wedge-leaf Whitlow-grass, Wedge-leaved Whitlow-grass

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Annual

Growth Habit: Herb/Forb

Arizona Native Status: Native

Habitat: Desert, Upland, Mountain

Flower Color: White

Flowering Season: Winter (late), Spring

Height: From 4 to 12 inches (10 to 30 cm) tall

Description: The flowers are clustered at the top of a hairy flower stalk. The individual flowers have 4 petals and are 1/4 inch (6 mm) wide. The flowers are followed by thin, banana-shaped seedpods. The leaves are basal, oblanceolate to egg-shaped, toothed, and covered in stellate hairs.

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus: Draba L. – draba
Species: Draba cuneifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray – wedgeleaf draba

More About This Plant

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