Draba reptans
Draba reptans, common names Carolina draba, Carolina whitlow-grass, Creeping whitlow-grass, and Whitlow-grass, is an annual plant in the family Brassicaceae that is native to North America.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Draba |
| Species: | D. reptans |
| Binomial name | |
| Draba reptans (Lam.) Fernald | |
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Conservation status in the United States
It is listed as a special concern in Connecticut,[2] as threatened in Michigan, New York, and Ohio, as endangered in New Jersey, as extirpated in Pennsylvania, and as historical in Rhode Island.[3]
Native American ethnobotany
The Ramah Navajo apply a poultice of the crushed leaves of the plant to sores.[4]
References
- "Plants Profile for Draba reptans (Carolina draba)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
- "Plants Profile for Draba reptans (Carolina draba)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 28
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