Glacier Draba

Draba oligosperma

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Botanical name
Draba oligosperma
Also known as
Few-Seed Draba, Few-Seed Whitlow-Grass, Glacier Draba
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Draba
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Glacier Draba

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Draba oligosperma but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Draba andina Draba calcifuga Draba glacialis var. pilosa Draba oligosperma f. hirtiscapa Draba oligosperma subsp. subsessilis Draba oligosperma var. andina Draba oligosperma var. juniperina Draba oligosperma var. leiocarpa Draba oligosperma var. microcarpa Draba oligosperma var. oligosperma Draba oligosperma var. pilosa Draba oligosperma var. saximontana Draba oligosperma var. subsessilis Draba saximontana Draba sessilis Draba subsessilis

Others in Draba

Draba chamissonis
Cape Thompson Draba
Draba × algida
Draba × borderi
Draba × ficta
Draba × incerta
Draba × intermedia
Draba aizoides
Yellow Whitlowgrass
Draba albertina
Slender Draba

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