| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Draba nivalis Lilj. sect. Leucodraba |
| Bibliography | Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1793: 208 (1793) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to s. Siberia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | basal leaves obovate-cuneate, usually entire, densely minutely hirsute, inflorescence dense, petals 3mm long, silicles 4-9mm, usually glabrous |
| Size | 2-8cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Synonyms | Draba brachycarpa J.E.Zetterst. Draba caesia M.F.Adams Draba kamtschatica var. glabriuscula N.Busch. Draba liljebladii Wallman Draba muricella Wahlenb. Draba nivalis var. californica Jeps. Draba nivalis var. canadica O.E.Schulz Draba nivalis var. genuina Pohle Draba nivalis var. glabrescens (Kurtz) O.E.Schulz Draba nivalis var. glabriuscula (N.Busch) Pohle Draba nivalis f. hebecarpa Pohle Draba nivalis f. leiocarpa (Rupr.) Pohle Draba nivalis f. nana O.E.Schulz Draba nivalis var. perennans Gaudin Draba nivalis var. tenella Lange Draba nivalis f. unalaschkensis Pohle Draba stellata f. glabrescens Kurtz Draba stellata var. nivalis (Lilj.) Regel |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) |