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Draba graminea (Rocky Mountain draba)

Synonyms: Braya graminea (homotypic); Draba chrysantha var. graminea (homotypic); Draba chrysantha var. hirticaulis

Wikipedia Abstract

Draba graminea is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names Rocky Mountain draba and San Juan Whitlow-grass. It is endemic to the state of Colorado in the United States, where it is limited to the San Juan Mountains. This species is a small perennial herb forming a clump just a few centimeters tall. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped. The inflorescence is a raceme of up to 15 flowers with yellow petals up to half a centimeter long. The fruit is a flattened oval or lance-shaped silique up to 1.1 centimeters long.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0