Brassicaceae
Boreal draba
Draba borealis
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Draba
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Common names
By language (3)
- Cantonese
- 北方葶藶
- Chinese
- 北方葶苈, 北方葶藶
- English
- Boreal draba
Synonyms
- Draba borealis f. hebecarpa Pohle
- Draba borealis f. leiocarpa Pohle
- Draba borealis var. arctoborealis V.V.Petrovsky
- Draba borealis var. borealis
- Draba borealis var. interior V.V.Petrovsky
- Draba borealis var. kurilensis (Turcz.) F.Schmidt
- Draba borealis var. maxima (Hultén) S.L.Welsh
- Draba borealis var. ochotensis (Regel & Tiling) O.E.Schulz
- Draba hirsuta Turcz.
- Draba hirta var. ochotensis Regel
- Draba incana var. borealis (DC.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Draba kurilensis N.Busch
- Draba kurilensis var. leiocarpa Pohle
- Draba maxima Hultén
- Draba sakuraii f. sinanensis (Makino) O.E.Schulz
- Draba spiralis Eschsch. ex Tolm.
- Draba unalaschkiana DC.
- Draba wormskioldii Fisch. ex Spreng.
- Odontocyclus kurilensis Turcz.
- Schivereckia contorta Andrz. ex Ledeb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Svarði2, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.