''Draba californica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, known as the California draba. This is an uncommon plant found at elevations over in the Inyo Mountains of

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and the nearby White Mountains of California and

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. ''Draba californica'' is a small perennial herb generally not exceeding 10 centimeters in height. It forms a clump of basal leaves and extends one or more erect stems, all of which is covered in a carpetlike coat of stiff, branching hairs. The stem is covered in

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

s of many tiny white flowers and hairy fruit pods each about a centimeter long and packed with brown seeds.

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment — ''Draba californica''USDA Plants Profile''Draba californica'' — U.C. Photo gallery
californica Flora of California Flora of Nevada Endemic flora of the United States Flora of the Great Basin Natural history of Inyo County, California Plants described in 1925 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Brassicales-stub