Brassicaceae
Alpine draba
Draba alpina
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Draba
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Common names
By language (9)
- Bulgarian
- Алпийска гладница
- Cantonese
- 高山葶藶
- Chinese
- 高山葶苈
- English
- Alpine draba, Alpine whitlow grass, Alpine whitlow-grass, Alpine whitlowgrass
- Finnish
- Kultakynsimö
- German
- Alpen-Felsenblümchen
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gullrublom
- Russian
- Крупка альпийская
- Swedish
- Gulldraba
Synonyms
- Draba algida var. brachycarpa (DC.) Bunge
- Draba algida var. breviscapa Hook.
- Draba alpina f. brachycarpa (DC.) O.E.Schulz
- Draba alpina f. breviscapa (Hook. ex Torr. & A.Gray) O.E.Schulz
- Draba alpina f. longipedunculata Pohle
- Draba alpina var. alpina
- Draba alpina var. corymbosa Durand
- Draba alpina var. hydeana B.Boivin
- Draba alpina var. inflatisiliqua Polunin
- Draba alpina var. intermedia Hook.
- Draba alpina var. major Hook.
- Draba alpina var. nana Hook.
- Draba alpina var. oxycarpa (Sommerf.) Th.Fr.
- Draba alpina var. pohlei O.E.Schulz
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 41 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Draba
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- Twisted drabaDraba incanaBrassicaceae
- Milky drabaDraba lacteaBrassicaceae
- Norwegian drabaDraba norvegicaBrassicaceae
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- Draba dubiaBrassicaceae
- Draba aretioidesBrassicaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.