Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Brassicales Bromhead
Family
Cruciferae
Genus
Draba Dill. ex L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Draba verna L. (1753)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Erophila verna (L.) Chevall. (1827)
  • = Erophila vulgaris DC. (1821) nom. illeg.
 Description

Short-lived herb with small rosette and often reddish leafless flowering stems, (2)–4–8–(25) cm tall. Lvs narrowly to broadly oblanceolate, toothed at tip or entire, 2–15 × 1–10 mm; hairs dense, mostly branched. Sepals hairy, 1–1.5 × 0.5–0.8 mm. Petals 1.5–2 × 0.7–1 mm. Stamens level with stigma. Silicle erecto-patent, flattened, narrowly obovate, glabrous, pale brown or reddish, 3–10 × 1–2.5 mm; pedicel erecto-patent, 5–18 mm long. Seeds brown, 0.4–0.6 mm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Erophila verna (L.) Chevall.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: (Aug.)–Sep.–Nov.–(Feb.); Fruiting: (Aug.)–Sep.–Nov.–(Feb.)

 Bibliography
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.) 1993: Flora of North America. New York and Oxford.