Brassicaceae

Common whitlowgrass

Draba verna L.

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Draba

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Common whitlowgrass (Draba verna) — FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (28)

Arabic: درابة ربيعية
arz: درابه ربيعيه
azb: یاز باهار اوتو
Azerbaijani: Yaz yastıqotu
Belarusian: Вяснянка вясенняя
Catalan: Eròfila
Czech: Osívka jarní, Osívka kulatoplodá
Danish: Vår-Gæslingeblomst
Dutch: Vroegeling
English: Common whitlowgrass, Spring draba, Early witlow grass, Nailwort, Shadflower, Vernal whitlow grass, Whitlow-grass
Estonian: Varakevadik, Harilik varakevadik
Finnish: Kevätkynsimö
French: Drave printanière
German: Frühlings-Hungerblümchen, Erophila, Frühlingshungerblümchen, Hungerblümchen, Spatel-Hungerblümchen
gv: Bossan ingyr
hsb: Nalětnja chudobka, Ničotka, Kulojta chudobka
Icelandic: Vorperla
Irish: Bosán anagair
Kazakh: Көктемшөп
Lithuanian: Pavasarinė ankstyvė
Norwegian Bokmål: Vårrublom
Persian: بهاردوست
Polish: Wiosnówka pospolita
Russian: Крупка весенняя
Slovak: Jarmilka jarná
Slovenian: Spomladanska kokošnica, Lopatičastolistna kokošnica, Rana kokošnica
Swedish: Nagelört
Welsh: Llysiau‘r-bystwn cynnar

Synonyms

Crucifera erophila E.H.L.Krause
Draba alba Gilib.
Draba ambigens Hayek & Wibiral
Draba americana Pers.
Draba boerhaavii H.C.Hall
Draba boerhaavii (H.C.Hall) Raus
Draba claviformis Foucaud & Rouy
Draba edmondii Al-Shehbaz
Draba furcipila Rouy & Foucaud
Draba gilgiana Muschl.
Draba glabrescens Rouy & Foucaud
Draba glabrescens (Jord.) Hayek & Wibiral
Draba hirtella Rouy & Foucaud
Draba inflata H.C.Watson ex Syme
Draba krockeri (Andrz.) Fritsch
Draba leptophylla Rouy & Foucaud
Draba macrocarpa Boiss. & Heldr.
Draba maiuscula Hayek & Wibiral
Draba minutissima Willd. ex DC.
Draba muscosa (DC.) Ruiz & Pav. ex Steud.
Draba obconica (Bory) Beck
Draba obconica (de Bary ex F.Rosen) Beck
Draba revelieri Rouy & Foucaud
Draba spathulata (Láng) Sadler
Draba spatulata Lang. ex Rchb.
Draba stenocarpa (Jord.) Hayek & Wibiral
Draba subnitens Rouy & Foucaud
Draba subrotunda Rouy & Foucaud
Draba verna f. subnitens (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud
Draba verna subsp. glabrescens (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud
Draba verna subsp. vulgaris (DC.) Rouy & Foucaud
Draba verna var. aestivalis Lej.
Draba verna var. americana Pers.
Draba verna var. boerhaavii H.C.Hall
Draba verna var. krockeri Rchb.
Draba verna var. major Stur
Draba verna var. majuscula (Jord.) Gren.
Draba verna var. minutissima Griseb.
Draba verna var. pinguis Th.Fr.
Draba verna var. praecox (Steven) B.Bock

and 177 more.

Flowers

In flower: March to April (from 3,565 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daryl Nolan, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Evan Barker, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dominic, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Brian Hale, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sergey Cherkasov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.