| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Draba aurea Vahl ex Hornem. sect. Phyllodraba |
| Bibliography | Fors. Oecon. Plantel., ed. 2: 599 (1806) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to w. & c. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-4200m |
| Description | basal leaves oblong to lanceolate, acute, entire, petiolate, 10-25mm long, stem leaves short, lanceolate, acute, raceme capitate, 15-30-flowered, petals 5mm long, narrowly obovate |
| Size | 10-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Synonyms | Draba aurea var. aureiformis (Rydb.) O.E.Schulz Draba aurea f. decumbens O.E.Schulz Draba aurea var. leiocarpa (Payson & H.St.John) C.L.Hitchc. Draba aurea var. luteola (Greene) O.E.Schulz Draba aurea f. surculifera O.E.Schulz Draba aurea f. uber (A.Nelson) O.E.Schulz Draba aureiformis Rydb. Draba aureiformis var. leiocarpa Payson & H.St.John Draba bakeri Greene Draba decumbens Rydb. Draba henneana var. mccallae (Rydb.) O.E.Schulz Draba luteola Greene Draba luteola var. minganensis Vict. Draba mccallae Rydb. Draba minganensis ((Vict.) Fernald Draba surculifera A.Nelson Draba uber A.Nelson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |