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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Abdra brachycarpa   FAMILY Brassicaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Draba brachycarpa   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Abdra brachycarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Draba brachycarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-01-002:

Draba brachycarpa   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Draba brachycarpa

 

COMMON NAME:
Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba


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image of Abdra brachycarpa, Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_drbr_001_lvd

        

image of Abdra brachycarpa, Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba

JK Marlow    jkm160311_136

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Abdra brachycarpa, Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba

JK Marlow    jkm160311_139

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Abdra brachycarpa, Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_d_brachycarpa_2

March    Floyd County    GA

Little Dry Creek Natural Area

image of Abdra brachycarpa, Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_d_brachycarpa_0765

March    Catawba County    NC

In contrast to D. verna, this has a number of narrow leaves on its stems, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Abdra brachycarpa, Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_d_brachycarpa_8140

March    Catawba County    NC

image of Abdra brachycarpa, Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_d_brachycarpa_8140b

March    Catawba County    NC

Petals may be yellow or white and are rounded or notched at the tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Abdra brachycarpa, Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_draba_brachycarpa_1

April    Catawba County    NC

Fruits are smooth, ellipsoid siliques, about 0.12" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Abdra brachycarpa   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Draba brachycarpa   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Abdra brachycarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Draba brachycarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-01-002:
Draba brachycarpa   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Draba brachycarpa

 

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484

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Granitic flatrocks, open places (fields, roadsides, woodland margins, disturbed areas), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Piedmont & SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White / Yellowish
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual

Flowers in terminal racemes

FRUIT:
Spring
Silique

 

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