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Draba glabella Pursh sect. Leucodraba 
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesDraba glabella Pursh sect. Leucodraba
BibliographyFl. Amer. Sept. 2: 434 (1813)
Native RangeSubarctic America to nc. & ne. USA
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatgrassland and rocks
Altitude0-1400m
Descriptionbasal leaves to 2cm long, narrowly lanceolate, acute, entire, ciliate, greyish, stem leaves 1-4, denticulate, inflorescence 8-20-flowered, petals 5mm, silicles glabrous
Size10-35cm
Colorcreamy
Bloomspring
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsDraba arabisans var. canadensis (Brunet) Fernald
Draba arabisans var. orthocarpa (Fernald) Fernald
Draba canadensis Brunet
Draba daurica f. brachycarpa E.Ekman
Draba daurica f. condensata E.Ekman
Draba daurica var. hebecarpa (Lindblom) Karlsson
Draba daurica var. lutescens E.Ekman
Draba daurica var. rupestriformis E.Ekman
Draba glabella var. brachycarpa (Rupr.) Fernald
Draba glabella var. megasperma (Fernald) Fernald
Draba glabella var. orthocarpa Fernald
Draba henneana Schltdl.
Draba hirta var. brachycarpa Rupr.
Draba hirta var. laurentiana (Fernald) B.Boivin
Draba laurentiana Fernald
Draba megasperma Fernald
Draba norvegica var. pleiophylla Fernald
Draba norvegica var. sornborgeri (Fernald) B.Boivin
Draba sornborgeri Fernald
Territory7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (WIS Wisconsin)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWY New York, VER Vermont)
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