Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Draba ramosissima
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rocktwist at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Draba ramosissima
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Draba ramosissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Draba ramosissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-01-001:
Draba ramosissima FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Draba ramosissima
COMMON NAME:
Rocktwist, Branched Draba, Appalachian Draba
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drra_001_lvd
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Kevin Caldwell kev_d_ramosissima
April Madison County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Appalachian Ranger District
Flowers nearly 1/2" across, moderately sizable for the size of the plants, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_d_ramosissima2
April Madison County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Appalachian Ranger District
A bit mat-forming, so quite a few flowering stalks can be in a small area, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_d_ramosissima3
April Madison County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Appalachian Ranger District
Leaves oblanceolate with a few sharp teeth, sessile or the upper clasping, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Draba ramosissima
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Draba ramosissima
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Draba ramosissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Draba ramosissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-01-001:
Draba ramosissima
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Draba ramosissima
3238
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In crevices of rock outcrops, or in dry talus slopes, over a variety of rock types (including limestone, dolostone, schist, gneiss, shale), per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal racemes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p116
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p058
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