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Branched draba

Draba ramosissima

Also called Rocktwist

Branched draba
Photo: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain
Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
EC. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Draba ramosissima, the branched draba, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It has a restricted range, being found only on calcareous cliffs of the Appalachian Mountains, the Kentucky River Palisades, and Middle Tennessee. It is a small perennial herb with racemes of white flowers in the spring.

Other Draba plants

Yellow whitlow-grass · Slender draba · Alpine draba · Draba aretioides · Rough draba · Lake Tahoe draba · Mt. Lassen draba · Draba bertiscea · Cushion draba · Snowbasin draba · Draba cacuminum · California draba

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Draba ramosissima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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