Draba reptans

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Draba reptans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Draba
Species:
D. reptans
Binomial name
Draba reptans
(Lam.) Fernald
Synonyms
  • Draba caroliniana
  • Draba micrantha

Draba reptans, common names Carolina draba, Carolina whitlow-grass, Creeping whitlow-grass, and Whitlow-grass, is an annual plant in the family Brassicaceae that is native to North America. [1]

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Conservation status in the United States

It is listed as a special concern in Connecticut, [2] as threatened in Michigan, New York, and Ohio, as endangered in New Jersey, as extirpated in Pennsylvania, and as historical in Rhode Island. [3]

Native American ethnobotany

The Ramah Navajo apply a poultice of the crushed leaves of the plant to sores. [4]

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References

  1. "Plants Profile for Draba reptans (Carolina draba)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
  3. "Plants Profile for Draba reptans (Carolina draba)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 28