Draba aizoides
| Draba aizoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Draba |
| Species: | D. aizoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Draba aizoides L. | |
Draba aizoides is a species of Draba, known as yellow whitlow-grass.
Description
Draba aizoides is a perennial plant, with a basal rosette of linear, entire leaves. The erect stems grow to 10 centimetres (4 in), or exceptionally to 15 cm (6 in), and carry a small number of yellow flowers.[1]
Distribution
Draba aizoides has a wide distribution in the mountains of southern and central Europe, from the Pyrenees in the west, through the Alps to the Carpathians.[2] It also has a number of isolated occurrences, including the Vosges, Jura, Cévennes, Auvergne, Côte d'Or, Plateau de Langres and the Belgian Ardennes.[2] In the British Isles, it is found only on limestone cliffs on the Gower Peninsula, from Worm's Head to Pwlldu Head.[3]
References
- ↑ Clive A. Stace (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 408–409. ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5.
- 1 2 Q. O. N. Kay & Judith Harrison (1970). "Draba aizoides L.". Journal of Ecology 58 (3): 877–888. JSTOR 2258540.
- ↑ David Jones (2003). Welsh Wildlife. Y Lolfa. pp. 31–33. ISBN 978-0-86243-654-4.
External links
Media related to Draba aizoides at Wikimedia Commons
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