Draba asterophora

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Draba asterophora

Conservation status

Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Brassicales
Family:  | Brassicaceae
Genus:  | Draba
Species:  |

D. asterophora

Binomial name
Draba asterophora

Payson

Draba asterophora is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common names Lake Tahoe draba or Tahoe Whitlow-grass. This rare plant is known only from the Mount Rose and Slide Mountain areas of the northern Carson Range in extreme western Nevada, in and just outside of the Lake Tahoe drainage basin.[1] It is a squat perennial herb which forms small mats in rocky habitat in the alpine climate of the high mountains. It forms a basal patch of thick, hairy oval leaves up to 1.5 centimeters long. A small, erect inflorescence arises from the patch bearing several yellow mustard-like flowers. The fruit is a flat, wavy silique which is oval in shape, somewhat membranous, and up to 1.5 centimeters long. It contains several flat, round seeds with wide wings along the edges.[2]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Draba asterophora - Payson". 16 April 2008. http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Draba+asterophora.
2. ↑ "Ecology, Phylogenetics, and Conservation of Draba asterophora Complex: A Rare, Alpine, Endemic from Lake Tahoe, USA - ProQuest" (in en). https://www.proquest.com/openview/b4b1014680a64840ddc6fa22f2b76aeb/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y.

## External links

* Jepson Manual Treatment
* USDA Plants Profile
* Photo gallery: var. asterophora

See also Wikidata entry Q5304582.

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