Draba nemorosa

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Woodland Whitlow-grass

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Draba nemorosa
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Seeds

Young leaves are cooked with seasoned vegetables and used in soups. Seeds are also edible.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows on grassy areas, roadsides, wet valleys, river banks, forest margins, stream sides, mountain slopes from near sea level to 4800 m altitude in China. Tasmania Herbarium.

Afghanistan, Arctic, Asia, Australia, Central Asia, China, Europe, Japan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, North America, Pakistan, Russia, SW Asia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tasmania, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,

Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bahamas, Bhutan, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Grenada, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Malta, Maldives, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, El Salvador, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A cabbage family herb. It is an annual plant up to 45 cm tall. The leaves at the base are in a ring. They are 1-4 cm long by 2-12 mm wide. They do not have leaf stalks but have 3-6 teeth near the tip. The flowers are 2 mm across and pale yellow. They are in large groups.

Wikipedia

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Draba nemorosa is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Brassicaceae. Its native range is Subarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere.

Notes

There are 350 Draba species. They are mostly in cold places.

Names & Synonyms

Kkitdaji, Kkottaji

Draba nemoralis EhrhartDraba nemorosa var. brevisilicula ZapalowiczDraba nemorosa var. hebecarpa LindblomDraba nemorosa var. leiocarpa Lindblom,
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