Brassicaceae
Woodland draba
Draba nemorosa
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Draba
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 葶苈, 荠菜, 光果葶苈, 短茎葶苈
- Czech
- Chudina hajní
- English
- Woodland draba
- Estonian
- Metskevadik
- Finnish
- Keltakynsimö
- German
- Hain-Felsenblümchen
- Slovenian
- Podlesna gladnica
Synonyms
- Crucifera nemorosa E.H.L.Krause
- Draba ambigua Schur
- Draba dictyota Greene
- Draba gracilis Graham
- Draba intermedia Andrz. ex DC.
- Draba lunkii V.I.Dorof.
- Draba lutea Gilib. ex DC.
- Draba lutea Gilib.
- Draba lutea var. brevipes DC.
- Draba lutea var. longipes DC.
- Draba macroloba Turcz.
- Draba muralis Thunb.
- Draba nemoralis Ehrh.
- Draba nemoralis var. hebecarpa (Lindblom) E.Lehm.
- Draba nemoralis var. leiocarpa (Lindblom) E.Lehm.
- Draba nemorosa f. acaulis Sommier
- Draba nemorosa f. foliosa Pohle
- Draba nemorosa f. gracilis Pohle
- Draba nemorosa f. leiocarpa (Lindblom) Kitag.
- Draba nemorosa f. macroloba (Turcz.) Pohle
- Draba nemorosa var. alpina Porter
- Draba nemorosa var. brevisilicula Zapał.
- Draba nemorosa var. hebecarpa Lindblom
- Draba nemorosa var. latifolia M.Bieb. ex Kuntze
- Draba nemorosa var. leiocarpa Lindblom
- Draba nemorosa var. nemorosa
- Draba polygonifolia Mill.
- Draba pontica Desf.
- Drabella nemoralis Bubani
- Tomostima lutea (Gilib. ex DC.) Lunell
- Tomostima nemorosa (L.) Lunell
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 239 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Anatoliy Ananin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sergey Basalaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Evgenij Samarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jake OFlaherty, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, 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.