Spring Draba

Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Spring Draba (Common Draba, Spring Whitlow-Grass)

Draba verna - Common, early spring, annual, 2-6 in. Rosette of leaves with upright, leafless, hairless stems. Leaves widely lance- to spoon-shaped, 1-1 1/2 in., hair. Flowers in clusters at end of branched elongating stems, petals white, each deeply divided into 2 lobes. Seedpods egg-shaped, to 1/3 in. long, hairless. Grows in disturbed soils, open areas throughout Pacific Northwest at mid elevations. A tiny plant most often seen in large patches. Nonnative.

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