Brassicaceae

Siberian whitlowgrass

Draba sibirica (Pall.) Thell.

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Draba

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Siberian whitlowgrass (Draba sibirica) — FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

Belarusian: Крупка сібірская
Cantonese: 西伯利亞葶藶
Chinese: 西伯利亚葶苈
English: Siberian whitlowgrass
Estonian: Kuldkevadik
Finnish: Siperiankynsimö
Polish: Głodek syberyjski
Swedish: Krypdraba
Ukrainian: Крупка сибірська

Synonyms

Draba cretacea Czern. ex Lindem.
Draba gmelinii Adams
Draba hirsuta Pers.
Draba porrecta Trin. ex DC.
Draba repens M.Bieb.
Draba sibirica subsp. arctica Böcher
Draba sibirica subsp. sibirica
Draba sibirica var. eurycarpa A.L.Ebel
Draba stellarioides Willd. ex DC.
Lepidium sibiricum Pall.

Flowers

In flower: May (from 41 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Greenland: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Borodin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Borodin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Игорь Загребин, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Svyatoslav Knyazev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.