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hoary cress
Lepidium draba
Lepidium draba
hoary cress Mustard Family
Lepidium draba Brassicaceae
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common names
  hoary cress
  whitetop
accepted scientific name
  •Lepidium draba L.
rules for finding collection records
  Cardaria draba (1244)
  Lepidium draba (1662)
  exclude Cardaria draba chalapensis
  exclude Cardaria draba chalepensis
  exclude Cardaria draba repens
  exclude Lepidium draba chalepense
  exclude Lepidium draba chalepense
family name
  • Brassicaceae
Image Author: ©2010 Anthony Valois and the National Park Service
Image License: public domain
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Four petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is about 0.25 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Basal
Plant Observed 2nd week of March thru 3rd week of August

Plant Showiness (36%)
base map where plant found
mag select

Disturbed
Riparian
Grassland
Native Plant Status
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native Not Native
native Not Present

Invasive in some regions.