Draba lonchocarpa
Lance Fruit Draba, Lance Fruit Whitlow Grass
Other regional names: Lance Pod Draba +1 more
- Lance Pod Draba
- Spear Fruit Draba
Also known as: Draba lonchocarpa var. exigua O.E.Schulz +7 more
- Draba lonchocarpa var. exigua O.E.Schulz
- Draba lonchocarpa var. lonchocarpa
- Draba lonchocarpa var. semitonsa Payson & H.St.John
- Draba lonchocarpa var. thompsoniae (C.L.Hitchc.) Rollins
- Draba lonchocarpa var. vestita O.E.Schulz
- Draba nivalis subsp. lonchocarpa (Rydb.) Hultén
- Draba nivalis var. elongata S.Watson
- Draba nivalis var. exigua (O.E.Schulz) C.L.Hitchc.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Brassicaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a subshrub.
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Draba lonchocarpa (commonly known as Lance-Fruit Draba or Lance-Fruit Whitlow-Grass) is a shrub belonging to the Brassicaceae family. Found natively in Temperate Asia and North America, this species is primarily associated with subalpine or subarctic conditions. The genus Draba is notably large, comprising more than 450 species.
Macro Climate
Cold
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Montana, Nevada, Northwest Territories, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yukon