Draba chamissonis
Common Draba
Draba verna
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- Botanical name
- Draba verna
- Also known as
- Common Draba, Common Whitlow-Grass, Common Whitlowgrass, Spring Draba, Spring Whitlow-Grass, Spring Whitlowgrass, Vernal Whitlow-Grass, Vernal Whitlowgrass
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Draba
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Draba
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Draba verna but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Crucifera erophila
Draba alba
Draba ambigens
Draba americana
Draba boerhaavii
Draba boerhaavii
Draba claviformis
Draba edmondii
Draba furcipila
Draba gilgiana
Draba glabrescens
Draba glabrescens
Draba hirtella
Draba inflata
Draba krockeri
Draba leptophylla
Draba macrocarpa
Draba maiuscula
Draba minutissima
Draba muscosa
Draba obconica
Draba obconica
Draba revelieri
Draba spathulata
Draba spatulata
Draba stenocarpa
Draba subnitens
Draba subrotunda
Draba verna f. subnitens
Draba verna subsp. glabrescens
Draba verna subsp. vulgaris
Draba verna var. aestivalis
Draba verna var. americana
Draba verna var. boerhaavii
Draba verna var. krockeri
Draba verna var. major
Draba verna var. majuscula
Draba verna var. minutissima
Draba verna var. pinguis
Draba verna var. praecox
Draba virescens
Draba vulgaris
Draba vulgaris var. sessiliflora
Drabella verna
Erophila acrocarpa
Erophila adriatica
Erophila affinis
Erophila ambigens
Erophila americana
Erophila andegavensis
Erophila angustata
Erophila arenosa
Erophila aurigerana
Erophila bardini
Erophila boerhaavii
Erophila boerhaavii var. linearifolia
Erophila boerhaavii var. muricola
Erophila brachycarpa
Erophila brevifolia
Erophila brevipila
Others in Draba
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