Biology:Draba lactea

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Draba lactea
Whitlowgrass-3.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Draba
Species:
D. lactea
Binomial name
Draba lactea
Adams

Draba lactea, the Lapland whitlow-grass or milky whitlow-grass, is a flower common throughout the high Arctic. It stretches further south in mountainous areas of Norway , Montana, Canada , and Greenland.[1][2][3]

The plant is 2–5 cm tall, and caespitose. The flower stems are glabrous. The leaves have stellate hairs on the surface and simple hairs at the margins. The flowers are pure white, and there are many flowers on each stem. Flowers bloom June to August.[4]

Draba species are found on dry as well as moist localities such as wet meadows, fields and prairies.[5] Most of the species have a circumpolar distribution,[4] but there is considerable variation within this group.

References

Draba lactea: habit

Wikidata ☰ Q1842490 entry