Draba borealis
Boreal Draba, Boreal Whitlow Grass
Other regional names: Northern Draba +1 more
- Northern Draba
- Northern Whitlow Grass
Also known as: Draba borealis f. hebecarpa Pohle +17 more
- Draba borealis f. hebecarpa Pohle
- Draba borealis f. leiocarpa Pohle
- Draba borealis var. arctoborealis V.V.Petrovsky
- Draba borealis var. borealis
- Draba borealis var. foliosa Regel & Tiling
- Draba borealis var. interior V.V.Petrovsky
- Draba borealis var. kurilensis (Turcz.) F.Schmidt
- Draba borealis var. maxima (Hultén) S.L.Welsh
- Draba borealis var. ochotensis (Regel & Tiling) O.E.Schulz
- Draba hirsuta Turcz.
- Draba hirta var. ochotensis Regel & Tiling
- Draba incana var. borealis (DC.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Draba kurilensis (Turcz.) F.Schmidt
- Draba kurilensis (Turcz.) N.Busch
- Draba kurilensis var. leiocarpa Pohle
- Draba maxima Hultén
- Draba spiralis Eschsch. ex Tolm.
- Draba unalaschkiana DC.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Brassicaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a subshrub.
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Draba borealis (commonly known as Boreal Draba or Boreal Whitlow-Grass) is a shrub belonging to the Brassicaceae family. Indigenous to Temperate Asia and North America, this species is primarily associated with subalpine or subarctic conditions. It belongs to the highly diverse genus Draba, which contains over 450 distinct species.
Macro Climate
Cold
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Eastern Asia, Russian Far East, Siberia, Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Sakhalin, Yakutskiya, Yukon