Brassicaceae
Yellow arctic draba
Draba nivalis
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Draba
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Yellow arctic draba
Synonyms
- Draba kamtschatica var. glabriuscula N.Busch
- Draba nivalis f. hebecarpa Pohle
- Draba nivalis f. leiocarpa Pohle
- Draba nivalis f. nana O.E.Schulz
- Draba nivalis f. unalaschkensis Pohle
- Draba nivalis var. californica Jeps.
- Draba nivalis var. canadica O.E.Schulz
- Draba nivalis var. glabrescens O.E.Schulz
- Draba nivalis var. glabriuscula (N.Busch) Pohle
- Draba nivalis var. nivalis
- Draba nivalis var. tenella Lange
- Draba stellata f. glabrescens Kurtz
- Draba stellata var. nivalis (Lilj.) Regel
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kim Hansen, 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, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.