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Photographer: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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Family Brassicaceae
Draba cana Rydb.
hoary whitlow-grass
Draba: from Greek drabe for "sharp" or "acrid" and referring to the burning taste of the leaves which supposedly had a medicinal value as a poultice
cana: grayed due to hairs
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| Status: | Endangered |
| Plant: | perennial forb |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted; inflorescence a cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers with only the upper flowers crowded |
| Fruit: | erect, oblong, often-twisted pod wider at the base and held close to the stem |
| Leaf: | dense, basal rosettes of oblong to spoon-shaped, hairy leaves; stem leaves smaller |
| Habitat: | rock, gravel; ledges |
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