''Draba aureola'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Brassicaceae known as the Mt. Lassen draba or Mt. Lassen whitlow-grass. This plant is native to the
Cascade Range
The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, ...
of western North America, where it grows at elevations above 2000 meters. This is usually a perennial plant found growing in rocky areas such as volcanic cliffs and
scree. It has one or more short, stout stems which are covered in stiff hairs. The leaves grow in a dense basal clump at the ground. They are fat and fleshy and covered in a carpetlike coat of stiff, light-colored, branching hairs. The stem may be erect above the clump of leaves or its
inflorescence may rest directly upon them. The spherical or club-shaped inflorescence may have up to 80 small, yellow flowers packed densely in it, each petal about 5 millimeters wide. The fruit is a wavy-edged, hairy
silique about a centimeter long and half a centimeter wide.
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery
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