Brassicaceae
Golden draba
Draba aurea
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Draba
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Golden draba
- French
- Drave dorée
Synonyms
- Draba aurea f. decumbens O.E.Schulz
- Draba aurea f. surculifera O.E.Schulz
- Draba aurea f. uber O.E.Schulz
- Draba aurea var. aurea
- Draba aurea var. aureiformis (Rydb.) O.E.Schulz
- Draba aurea var. leiocarpa (Payson & H.St.John) C.L.Hitchc.
- Draba aurea var. luteola (Greene) O.E.Schulz
- Draba aureiformis Rydb.
- Draba aureiformis var. leiocarpa Payson & H.St.John
- Draba bakeri Greene
- Draba decumbens Rydb.
- Draba henneana var. maccallae O.E.Schulz
- Draba luteola Greene
- Draba luteola var. minganensis Vict.
- Draba mccallae Rydb.
- Draba minganensis Fernald
- Draba surculifera A.Nelson
- Draba uber A.Nelson
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 42 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thompson Hyggen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Asher P Higgins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: crothfels, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.