| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Draba densifolia Nutt. sect. Chrysodraba |
| Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. [J.Torrey & A.Gray] 1: 104 (1838) |
| Native Range | Alaska to w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 800-3700m |
| Description | leaves numerous, crowded, linear, 2-12mm long, ciliate, flowers 3-15 in raceme, petals 2-6mm long, silicles ovoid, 2-7mm long, scabrous hirsute or glabrous |
| Size | 2-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | 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 caeruleomontana Payson & H.St.John Draba caeruleomontana var. piperi Payson & H.St.John Draba densifolia f. caeruleomontana (Payson & H.St.John) H.St.John Draba densifolia f. nelsoni (J.F.Macbr. & Payson) O.E.Schulz Draba glacialis var. pectinata S.Watson Draba globosa var. sphaerulea (J.F.Macbr. & Payson) O.E.Schulz Draba mulfordae Payson Draba nelsonii J.F.Macbr. & Payson Draba oligosperma var. pectinata (S.Watson) Jeps. Draba pectinata (S.Watson) Rydb. Draba sphaerulea J.F.Macbr. & Payson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |