Brassicaceae
Milky draba
Draba lactea
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Draba
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Common names
By language (5)
- English
- Milky draba, Lapland whitlow-grass
- Finnish
- Lapinkynsimö
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Lapprublom
- Russian
- Крупка молочно-белая, Крупка ложноволосистая, Крупка молочнобелая
- Swedish
- Lappdraba
Synonyms
- Draba allenii Fernald
- Draba bocheri Gjaerev. & Ryvarden
- Draba boecheri Gjaerev. & Ryvarden
- Draba fernaldiana Polunin
- Draba lactea f. androsacea Ekman
- Draba lactea f. heterotricha Ekman
- Draba lactea f. trichocarpa O.E.Schulz
- Draba lactea subsp. pseudopilosa (Pohle) Kozhevn.
- Draba lactea var. glabrata (Lindblom) O.E.Schulz
- Draba lactea var. pilosissima O.E.Schulz
- Draba lactea var. pseudopilosa (Pohle) O.E.Schulz
- Draba lactea var. robusta O.E.Schulz
- Draba lactea var. tenuisiliqua O.E.Schulz
- Draba lapponica Willd. ex DC.
- Draba pseudopilosa Pohle
- Draba wahlenbergii Hartm.
- Draba wahlenbergii f. glabrata (Lindblom) E.Ekman
- Draba wahlenbergii var. androsacea E.Ekman
- Draba wahlenbergii var. glabrata Lindblom
- Draba wahlenbergii var. heterotricha Lindblom
- Draba wahlenbergii var. tenuisiliqua Lange ex Rosenv.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.