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Photographer: Arthur Meeks
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Family Brassicaceae
Draba reptans (Lam.) Fernald
Carolina whitlow-grass, common 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
reptans: having creeping and rooting stems
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 2"-10" tall forb, stem single or branched at the base |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted, 1/3" wide, petals rounded at the tip; inflorescence a dense cluster (raceme) of smooth-stalked flowers; blooms April-May |
| Fruit: | elongated pod, erect or pointing upward on stalks usually 1/3 to 1/2 as long as the pod |
| Leaf: | basal leaves rounded at the tip, narrowing toward the base, blunt, toothless, hairy; a few stem leaves mostly near the base |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites, prairies; in rocky, sandy soil |
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